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Product Name: Copper Blood Test

Description: Serum Copper levels are useful in determining contributing factors to symptoms of depression, ADHD, hallucinations, and to determine copper/zinc ratio. It is used, along with serum ceruloplasmin and urine copper to test for Wilson disease.

Price: Quantity: $59.00 Serum ceruloplasmin is an acute-phase reactant type protein, and since it binds a large portion of serum copper, both serum copper and ceruloplasmin increase under the influence of inflammatory conditions and estrogen. Symptoms of Low Copper Levels: Depression Ankle Swelling Hallucinations Anemia Skin Problems Serum copper is therefore elevated in pregnancy, in patients on estrogens and estrogen-containing contraceptive drugs, in rheumatoid arthritis, and a number of other pathologic entities. It may be low with low serum proteins as in nephrosis, malabsorption, and malnutrition without necessarily reflecting inadequate liver copper stores. It is reduced under the influence of ACTH or glucocorticoids, or valproate3 therapy.  Elevations in liver tissue copper are found in Post Partum Depression, Wilson disease but may occur also in other types of liver disease, especially primary biliary cirrhosis.  High copper levels also contribute to: high blood pressure, hair loss,  PMS, insomnia, tinnitis, depression, schizophrenia, learning disability autism  hyperactivity Low Zinc       Deficiency, Nutritional  Menkes Syndrome  Acute Copper Toxicity  ICC and Chronic Copper Toxicity  Wilson Disease  Smoking, Inflammatory Conditions, Pregnancy, Estrogens  Serum copper  ↓  ↓  ↑, ↑↑  ↑  N or ↓  ↑, ↑↑  Serum ceruloplasmin  ↓  ↓  N (early)  ↑  Usually ↓; may be N in children  ↑, ↑↑  Urine copper  ↓  ↑  ↑  ↑  ↑, ↑↑  N  CSF copper          N or ↑  N  Liver copper  ↓  ↓  N (early)  ↑, ↑↑  ↑↑  N  N = normal, ↑ = increase, ↑↑ = large increase, ↓ = decrease.