Extended Vitamins & Minerals

It measures 8 tests in one draw: 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH vitamin D), vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), folate (vitamin B9), calcium, phosphate, magnesium, iron and zinc. That covers the vitamins, the bone minerals and the trace metals behind most everyday nutritional shortfalls.

Vitamin D controls how much calcium and phosphate the gut absorbs, and the body will hold calcium steady in the blood even while stores are being drawn down. Seeing all three at once helps your doctor tell a dietary shortfall from a problem with absorption or with the parathyroid glands.

Persistent fatigue, hair shedding, brittle nails, muscle cramps or twitching, pins and needles, poor concentration, low mood, aching bones, slow-healing cuts, dulled taste or smell, and infections that keep coming back. Each can have several causes, so the panel helps assess rather than concludes.

It covers several of the usual nutritional suspects at once (iron, zinc, vitamin D and B12), which is often enough to show whether diet or absorption is contributing. Hair loss has hormonal and genetic causes too, so your doctor reads these results alongside your history and examination.

Not necessarily. Serum iron shows what is circulating at the moment of the draw, and it rises and falls with meals, supplements and the time of day. Stores are judged from ferritin, ordered separately; the Iron Profile reads the transport side instead, pairing serum iron with its binding capacity. Ask your doctor which of the two answers your question.

Never stop a prescribed treatment on your own. Tell us what you take, including iron, zinc, multivitamins and high-dose vitamin D, because a recent dose can lift the measured level. Many doctors prefer the sample before the morning dose so the result reflects your baseline.

The Vitamins Profile measures vitamin D, B12 and folate only, needs no fast and reports faster. This panel keeps those three and adds calcium, phosphate, magnesium, iron and zinc, so choose it when cramps, hair loss, a restricted diet or a supplement regime is the reason for testing.

Yes. An 8–12 hour overnight fast is needed because iron, phosphate and zinc are all affected by food. Drink plain water freely, avoid tea, coffee and juice, and book the earliest slot you can so the fast falls mostly while you are asleep.

It is AED 299 with no extras: the home visit, the draw, the laboratory work and physician review are all included, and home collection in Dubai is part of the price rather than a surcharge. Results are ready within 48 hours and appear in your secure Smart Report.

Yes, and it is the easiest way to do it. A DHA-licensed phlebotomist comes to you anywhere in Dubai, seven days a week, so you can break your fast with breakfast at home minutes later. Ask our team for the earliest slot in your area via contact.