An essential trace mineral for immunity, healing, and metabolism.
Zinc is an essential trace mineral your body cannot make or store in large amounts. It supports immune function, wound healing, taste and smell, skin health and the activity of hundreds of enzymes.
This test measures zinc in serum or plasma. The value reflects zinc in the extracellular fluid, the compartment outside your cells, which is the standard measurement used to assess zinc status.
Because zinc drives so many processes, a shortfall can quietly affect immunity, healing and skin. Measuring it helps confirm deficiency or excess.
A low level can follow poor intake, gut conditions or high losses, and may cause frequent infections, hair loss or poor wound healing. A high level is uncommon and usually relates to supplements.
Aniva reads your result against research-backed ranges, not just the lab's wide normal. The reference shown below is specific to this biomarker.
| Measure | Adult range (SI) |
|---|---|
| Zinc, serum | 11 to 18 µmol/L |
Ranges are guidance and vary by lab. Levels fall with inflammation and after meals, so interpret with context.
Zinc falls during infection or inflammation and after eating, so a single low value may not mean true deficiency. Contamination from non-zinc-free tubes or haemolysis falsely raises results. Low albumin lowers measured zinc.
Read with albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP), since low albumin and inflammation lower zinc, and with copper.
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