Test your
CK
Looking for an easy way to test and monitor your CK?
It's included in the HealthieOne Complete test.
CK
Explanation: Creatine Kinase (CK) is an enzyme found mainly in the heart, skeletal muscles, and brain. It helps provide energy to cells, especially during muscle movement. When muscle cells are injured or stressed or in renal failure, CK can leak into the bloodstream, causing its levels in the blood to rise.
Test purpose:
- Detect muscle injury or stress from intense exercise, trauma, or muscle disorders (such as muscular dystrophy).
- Help detect heart muscle damage when combined with other cardiac markers.
- Monitor side effects of statins, fibrates, antiretrovirals, and angiotensin II receptor antagonists, etc.
Other information about this test: Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai, Johns Hopkins, UCSF Health, ARUP Laboratories
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