well, tried to check with few clinics and so far the cheapest i can find is around Rm150 for full body checkup.
most expensive would be rm200 for the results going to be sent to Australia lab to test it.

well, am planning to look for University hospital since i can get the anti-hepatitis B injection for free but have no idea which department to go. went there once and nearly get lost and so hard to find parking.

so guys, do share wit me if u know any cheaper place to go for full blood test yea.

thx.

hmm.. full body check up for only RM150???
perhaps its not a full body check up..
usually body check up will cost you 1k like that..

Full blood test? Why would u want one. This kind of tests are normally not routinely done in healthy adults. Not much medical value, and as u can see are quite ex.

Full blood test (including HIV) costed around RM180 at clinic (which the blood sample would be sent to Pathlab). If you go directly to Pathlab for the similar package, if will cost around RM300 plus. The package I said doesn't include Hepatitis C test, which is quite expensive (around RM70). I think if you go for blood donation at private hospital, probably the hospital will give you discount or free blood test. If you donate blood at garment, you will give some info about your blood FREE.

It depends on what kinda test you wanna do because there are different packages for the full blood tests done. Like what onemilimeter had said, some comes with HIV, some without Hep.C, etc.
Blood testing range is wide. you can get your blood tested for the blood cells, or for the chemical components,for your immune system, etc All comes in different price list.

How much does Thalassemia test cost at Pathlab or clinic?

well which hospital will accept blood donation then? last i chk with damansara specialist, they dont. the RM200 that i mentioned, it includes HIV, chrolestral level, high/low blood pressure, kidney, hepatitis and few basic test. so does it mean it's good deal? i stil find a bit expansive.

main reason to check out the blood is to have a anti hepatitis B injection. do you guys know we need to take an anti-hepatitis b injection when we are adults? the one that we took in our school times, might be gone in our blood alridi.

hehe like what i mentioned in above response. any good place/clinic to recommend?

private hospitals do not give discount over blood donated by you.
national blood bank, only if you have donated few times then there are free tests.
so you want to get your blood tested for hepatitis B? whether you are free from it or a carrier?
then just request for hepatitis B testing. it wont cost that much if its only involving 1 test.
and for hep.B injection, its not a must to take it when you are adults. just that, on the safer side, better to be safe and sorry, you go get it., especially if you have "healthy" life style or you are working in the healthcare industry, particularly in the hospitals.

ive got myself jab for 3 times. but no antibodies is produced. how sad...

wow...serious? jab 3 times and stil no anti?
well i'm quite a frequent blood donator and i think shuld be free of these la...
jst tat have to make sure before taking those anti hep b jab...

thx for sharing lovemenot

Remember to check Hepatitis C too...

well i did my full check up.. blood test.. ermm.. covers general stuff.. like red blood cell count , HIV , STDs, liver bla bla .. standard ones.. for like 130 Through Gribbles..in a clinic in subang.. It's pretty good. Presentation of data and specific tests shown. Try and enquire
www.gribbles.com.my

hi, my advice is that, if u want to screen for Hep B, C, HIV, or any blood transmitted disease, just go ahead for a blood donation. if you're clean, and you wont be notified. save your money.
and if you're going to do a liver function test, renal function test or full blood count...unless you really at risk of having such disease, there's really no point of doing it because the markers often shows normal values. and even if there's abnormal value, you'll still need a doctor to interpret the result for you so you wont misinterpret it yourself.

many people was like "wow" when they see their own reports, fascinated by the values and tests done on their blood. but the facts is that these test are only required to investigate a patient with some signs and symptoms of certain disease just to confirm a diagnosis instead of using these blood tests as a screening tools to screen for disease.

My opinion is we should do AT LEAST once FULL blood test. Those who're overweight or obese (especially women) should do Lipid Profile Test (LPT) and Liver Function Test (LFT). Sometimes we might think that our current lifestlye is OK. If LPT and LFT are abnormal, then we need to adjust our lifestyle before TOO LATE.

lipid profile is suggested for those high risk person( hypertension, obesity, strong family history of stroke and dyslipidaemia, diabetes melitus)
however, liver function test is harder to define...the rise of one value sometimes doesn't implicate anything...only when the whole readings is significant rise, then you can suspect something wrong with your liver...

there's a few case where some people see abnormal values in their test, thus rushing to clinic for help...and ended up going through more complex diagnostic test which requires a lot of expenses...
and the final diagnosis is normal...

that's one of the strategy how our private laboratories earns consumers' money...by giving them packages of blood test without telling them the cause of the abnormalities, and also the solution to the problems...

note: don't ever waste your money on cancer screening because it's not diagnostic and specific for normal human body.
Tumour marker is most useful in monitoring treatment effectiveness and also use to screen for relapse for post operative and chemo patients.

Ive come across many cases in which the patients is like a bag of bones but when lipid profile testing was done, the cholesterol level is even higher than those obese patients. So its not only meant for obese people or those with family history. but everyone should get check at least once as our blood can give out alot of clues regarding our health status.

As for klifex, in my opinion, if you do have family background of cancers, when you have reach a certain age and if there are risk factors that may contribute to the mutation of the cells within our body, tumour marker may help a little. As when something goes wrong with any organs in our body, the amount of cancer marker would certainly be higher if it were to compare with a normal healthy people. it is not nessecary only for prognosis purposes. but like what you have mentioned, those lab testing packages offers by private labs or even in the hospital, some of the tests are unnessecary. It would be better if you do have some knowledge regarding the importance of each test done and how it is connected to your health status. e.g. if you have never been exposed to any sexual transmitted disease, whats the point of doing STDs testing?

This post has been edited by LoveMeNot: Jan 11 2008, 07:37 PM

Just to clarify some of the issues

Hep B vaccination is not effective in approximately 5% of people. Hence one should do a test to see if they were able to mount immunity after their last inj. Usually a further one injection is given. If no immunity is present after that you don't need to waste money. Hep B is transmitted via blood and blood products, sexs and sharing of needles. If you fall in the 5% category who wont develop the immunity even after the vaccination (and even if you don't) practising a healthy and safe lifestyle should be adequate to protect you.

It is however safer to get yourself vaccinated as you never know when accidents can happen.

As for tumour markes, you are right that the pick up rate is extremely low. It is not really necessary unless you don't mind the additional cost. When it is negative, it may be false negative. Sometimes you can also get false positive. It may be done for follow up patients and even than as a compliment to other more accurate tests.

It would be good to do an annual health screening and the most important things you should do is your blood counts, Liver function test, renal function, lipid profile, Blood sugar, thyroid function, Urine examination. You can do your hep b antigen& antibody yearly as the antibody levels tend to drop after 5 yrs. excluding the tumour markers this should cost less than RM100.00

When you donate blood, your blood will be tested for all infective diseases. You will be notified and treated if there are any positive findings. Otherwise no one will contact you.

Most blood tests in laboratories are done in Malaysia. There are very few tests that needs to be done in Australia. These are special diagnostic tests and they are not necessary to be done routinely. Please don't be conned by anyone who claims that your blood is sent overseas for routine tests.

Hyperlipidaemia ( high cholesterol, triglyceride etc) are not necessarily found in obese people. In fact you can find complete vegetarians having it. Most cholesterol in your body is produced by your liver. It is recommended that anyone aged above 25 is tested yearly. In familial hyperlipidaemia, who are at higher risk you can find hyperlipidaemia as early as 20years of age.

Pantai Premier Pathology lab.... RM90 full blood check last year end promotion now dunno what price

, any abnormal value, u can consult me also ...hhahaha....

Usually the 'clinic' doctor will not ask you to go for advanced tests if your first LFT shows abnormal values. The doctor will ask you to change your lifestyle and go for another LFT in 3~6 months. If the abnormal values persist, then you will be advised to for further diagnosis, e.g. ultrasound scan. Usually liver biopsy is the last option as it's expensive.

i jst chk their website. it's an ongoing promotion. rm90 is a good deal to me.
http://www.premierpathology.com.my/

hehe, u part time pharmacist ah? know so much huh?