What is a Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis (FBCA)? It is the exact analysis that I use to take a deeper look into your body to discover what could be causing your hair loss issues. Blood chemistry and CBC/hematology tests are the most commonly ordered medical tests worldwide. These tests are typically used in the diagnosing process with any medical professional.
A Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis can simply be explained as a process in which biomarkers from your blood work are analyzed and interpreted to provide information tracking the state and trends of the body systems, accessory systems, status of nutrients and possible dysfunctions in the body. Blood has a lot to tell us about our state of health. Is our body functioning optimally or are we headed into dis-ease?
the difference between having bloodwork done vs. having it analyzed into a FBCA ~ "normal" vs "optimal"
Oftentimes someone will start to feel sick, a little "off", unbalanced or just unwell long before a blood test will be done to diagnose an issue. More often than not, a physician will tell their patients that everything is fine because all of their bloodwork is "normal" even though we don't feel normal. Unfortunately, these "normal" ranges are based off of the average ranges of our population. The downside to that scale system is that being in a first world developed country with clean water and all of our advanced medical technology, we still have one of the unhealthiest populations of the world. We lead the world in so many things; diabetes, cancer and child & infant mortality to name a few. To take the average levels from an unhealthy population is not a good gauge of optimal health. Most "normal" ranges are too broad to adequately detect health problems before they become pathology and are not useful for detecting the emergence of dysfunction.
THE FUNCTIONAL APPROACH
"The functional approach to blood test analysis is oriented around functional changes in your body and not pathology. We use ranges that are based on optimal physiology and not the "normal" population. This results in a tighter "Functional Physiological Range", which allows us to evaluate the area within the "Normal" range that indicates that something is not quite right in the physiological systems associated with this biomarker. This gives us the ability to detect changes in your physiological "function". We can identify the factors that obstruct you from achieving optimal physiological, biochemical, and metabolic functioning in your body." ~ ODX Optimal DX
The first step is the most important
The results from the FBCA report come from a detailed analysis of your blood work. It tells us from different patterns to show different functional changes within the body that could be going toward or away from optimal function. This is a vital report that gives us so much information on your body therefore giving us the missing pieces of the puzzle to figure out why you are losing hair. This is the first step in your hair loss healing journey.
What to do next?
Reach out. Don't feel like you just have to deal with your hair loss issue. You don't have to live the rest of your life not feeling confident or having low self esteem. You can take charge of your health and we can regrow healthy hair together. Fill out the cosultation form here https://forms.vagaro.com/61f4fd368c0e514768a8965a and I'll be happy to start you on your new journey.
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