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You may need more flexibility in blood test screening than your local lab allows. Perhaps privacy, transportation, or the sheer repetition of certain tests leave you longing for a more personalized process. Enter telehealth blood testing outside doctor-ordered clinical tests.
Telemedicine — including virtual visits — has been around for some time, but blood work has historically required getting in the car and waiting in line with the rest of fasting and/or frustrated folks needing the same services.
Increasingly, services offer at-home blood tests or tests you can order for yourself. And 61% of survey respondents in 2022 preferred personal access to in-home testing overall. These tests are delivered to your home, which you can mail in or take to your nearest lab for ready-packaged, pre-labeled organization.
It’s true that some lab tests require urine, fecal, or saliva samples, and others require a small blood sample from a finger prick. If you’re open to the latter, you may be able to do preliminary self-tests for:
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