This slideshow gives an indication of how to use the blood cholesterol test

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Home cholesterol testing kit

A quick and easy finger prick home blood cholesterol test kit that can give a quick indication to see if your blood cholesterol is normal.

Colour change denotes levels of cholesterol in blood, intensity of the colour developed by the reaction is proportional to cholesterol concentration in the blood.

Visual Cholesterol testing kits permit the semi-quantitative determination of cholesterol concentration in human capillary blood.

The patient can perform the test by himself or herself; test result must however be put forward to the GP to monitor the interpretation of results.

This test is useful to monitor cholesterolemia in people with diabetes, high blood pressure and familial hypercholesterolemia. It is recommended to check blood cholesterol levels of all people who smoke, drink alcohol and eat a fatty diet and are over weight or do not exercise regularly.

It is specially recommended for people with familial cases of heart diseases before the age of 60. This test should not replace quantitative method for the determination of blood cholesterol.

High cholesterol foods in your diet could be making you ill, changing your diet and adopting a healthy eating plan, consuming more healthy food or taking nutritional supplements can help in lowering your cholesterol levels

Simple to use blood cholesterol testing kit you can use at home to give an indication of high blood cholesterol levels or low cholesterol levels.

Contents of test

Contents:of cholesterol testing kit

1 test disc, 1 micro-lancet 1 buffer solution, 1 plaster
Instruction for use

Conducting the test

Using the cholesterol test kit

Required accessories

• sterile gauze
• timer or watch displaying seconds

Full instructions included

Principle of test

Test is based on the reaction Cholesterol Esterase/Cholesterol Oxidise/Peroxidase/chromogen.

Cholesterol concentration is estimated by comparison with comparative cardin the range 150-400mg/dl. Comparative card is included in the box. Intended use for rapid determination of blood cholesterol.

Results

Blood cholesterol test kit results

Comparative colour card is included in the box to compare your results from the blood cholesterol levels test Intended use is for rapid determination of blood cholesterol levels. Hdl cholesterol test for hdl cholesterol levels