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Serum Copper levels are useful in determining contributing factors to symptoms of depression, ADHD, hallucinations, and to determine copper/zinc ratio. It is used along with serum ceruloplasmin and urine copper to test for Wilson disease. No extra fees, blood draw fee included, doctors order provided. NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, OR CALIFORNIA.

Copper Blood Test

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Serum ceruloplasmin is an acute-phase reactant type protein, and since it binds a large portion of serum copper, both serum copper and ceruloplasmin increase under the influence of inflammatory conditions and estrogen.
Symptoms of Low Copper Levels:

Depression
Ankle Swelling
Hallucinations
Anemia
Skin Problems

Serum copper is therefore elevated in pregnancy, in patients on estrogens and estrogen-containing contraceptive drugs, in rheumatoid arthritis, and a number of other pathologic entities. It may be low with low serum proteins as in nephrosis, malabsorption, and malnutrition without necessarily reflecting inadequate liver copper stores. It is reduced under the influence of ACTH or glucocorticoids, or valproate³ therapy. Elevations in liver tissue copper are found in Post Partum Depression, Wilson disease but may occur also in other types of liver disease, especially primary biliary cirrhosis.
High copper levels also contribute to:

high blood pressure,
hair loss,
PMS,
insomnia,
tinnitis,
depression,
schizophrenia,
learning disability
autism
hyperactivity
Low Zinc

	Deficiency, Nutritional	Menkes Syndrome	Acute Copper Toxicity	ICC and Chronic Copper Toxicity	Wilson Disease	Smoking, Inflammatory Conditions, Pregnancy, Estrogens
Serum copper	↓	↓	↑, ↑↑	↑	N or ↓	↑, ↑↑
Serum ceruloplasmin	↓	↓	N (early)	↑	Usually ↓; may be N in children	↑, ↑↑
Urine copper	↓	↑	↑	↑	↑, ↑↑	N
CSF copper					N or ↑	N
Liver copper	↓	↓	N (early)	↑, ↑↑	↑↑	N
N = normal, ↑ = increase, ↑↑ = large increase, ↓ = decrease.

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