Nickle (Blood) Test

Nickel is basically a mineral. A number of food items such as nuts, dried beans and peas, soybeans, grains, and chocolate consist of nickel. The human body requires nickel but in very small amount. Nickel is used for increasing iron amalgamation, preventing iron-poor blood (anaemia), and for treating the weak bones (osteoporosis). Nickel is a part of multivitamins as well. Nickel helps the human body to absorb the amount of iron which a human body requires. Nickel is present in DNA and RNA as well which means that it is found in every cell of the human body.

There is no preparation for conducting the test of nickel. For the people who want to get this test done have to give a blood sample. So it is advisable to go empty stomach and wear short sleeves or sleeveless as it will be easy to collect blood. For the people who have doubt for nickel allergy should wear loose clothes as a patch of your skin will be used to do the test.

Till now there are no clear uses for nickel supplementation. For the people who have increased levels of nickel suffer from heart attacks, burns, and strokes, and with toxaemia of pregnancy. Whether this is a partial cause or, as is more likely, a result of tissue metabolism or represents some other utility of nickel is not as yet recognized Decreased levels of nickel have been found in psoriasis, in cirrhosis of the liver, and with kidney disease, but it has not been revealed that nickel treatment helps any of these circumstances.

The procedure for this test is quite simple. A blood sample will be taken from your vein. An elastic band will be tied to your arm which will swell the veins and blood will pump up. Then a prick will be made and blood will be collected for the test. After that, the band will be removed and the needle will be taken out. The professional will put a cotton ball or band-aid on it to stop the blood. For the people who suffer nickel allergy, a test will be conducted on them. A small patch of skin on the arm or upper back will be made in contact will nickel and then the results will be clear.