Magnesium Test Overview

Magnesium is an important mineral that has various physiological benefits in human beings. A fluid for magnesium test or a magnesium test is used to check for the level of magnesium in your body. As an essential mineral, both deficiency and excess of magnesium in your body can lead to health problems. With timely diagnosis, several health problems can be managed by supplementing magnesium.

Why is a Magnesium Test Prescribed?

A fluid for magnesium test is prescribed when patients show signs of magnesium deficiency or excess. Certain medical conditions can also be caused by a magnesium deficiency or excess, and they can be used by doctors to order this test as well.

Unexplained fatigue or physical weakness
Appetite loss
Neurological symptoms like tingling or numbness in body parts
Muscle cramps
Symptoms of nausea or vomiting

Apart from symptoms, a magnesium test can also be ordered by patients as a part of routine blood work before they visit a doctor for their annual health checkups.

Components of Magnesium Test

A Magnesium test checks for the level of magnesium in your blood compared to a reference range. Optimally, the normal range of magnesium in adults is between 1.7 to 2.2 mg/dL. The reference range can vary slightly among laboratories. Based on your test reports, here are the possible outcomes.

Lower than normal levels of magnesium can indicate health problems related to your kidneys, prolonged diarrhoea, excessive alcohol use, or digestive disorders like Crohn’s disease.
Higher than normal levels of magnesium can indicate medical conditions like hypothyroidism, Addison’s disease, kidney failure, or severe dehydration.

While this test can help doctors identify possible health problems, it can’t be used to diagnose any specific health problems definitively. Based on your symptoms and diagnostic test reports, further testing and imaging tests are recommended before any condition is diagnosed.

Procedure and Prerequisites

A magnesium test is performed as a general blood test, and blood is drawn from the veins in the patient’s arms and sent for testing. The sample is refrigerated and not frozen while being transported for this test. Fasting before the test may be required, so make sure you talk to your doctor before the magnesium test to learn more about the specific prerequisites.

FLUID FOR MAGNESIUM in Bengaluru

M0229

Daily

Ship refrigerated

24 Hours

₹750

Parameters

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