Check Amylase and Lipase Test Cost in Kolkata – Accuhealth Diagnostics

Amylase and lipase are digestive enzymes. While amylase helps your body break down starches, lipase helps your body digest fats. The pancreas is a glandular organ. The pancreas sits behind the stomach. It produces digestive juices. These digestive juices empty into the small intestine. The pancreas is responsible for the production of both amylase and lipase. It also produces many other enzymes.

Inflammation of the pancreas or pancreatitis commonly causes high levels of amylase and lipase in the bloodstream.

Amylase and lipase tests are ordered by doctors mainly to detect pancreatitis. The tests are used to measure the amount of these enzymes which are being circulated in your bloodstream. These enzymes are typically checked when:

• symptoms of pancreatitis or
• another pancreatic disorder or
• your doctor wants to make sure that the diagnosis is correct

Symptoms of pancreatitis may include:

• severe abdominal pain
• back pain
• fever
• nausea
• vomiting
• loss of appetite

There are also many other potential causes of abdominal pain whose causes may include appendicitis, ectopic pregnancy in women, and intestinal blockage, among others. Checking amylase and lipase levels are important. They help determine if the cause of these symptoms is pancreatitis, or something else.

Amylase and lipase test cost in Kolkata usually varies from Rs. 500 to Rs. 750. At AccuHealth Diagnostics, our serum amylase and lipase test costs are quite affordable. Given below are the amylase lipase test costs in all our three centres.

Causes Of Abnormal Amylase Levels

There are multiple reasons why someone might have abnormal levels of amylase in their blood which may include the following reasons:

• acute pancreatitis
• Chronic inflammation of your pancreas
• pancreatic cancer
• cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder
• ectopic pregnancy in which an egg implantation happens outside of the uterus

• mumps
• salivary gland blockage
• intestinal blockage
• Macroamylasemia which is the presence of macroamylase in the blood
• perforated ulcer
• medications
• eating disorders
• kidney problems

Lower than normal levels of amylase may indicate severe pancreas injury, high triglycerides, prediabetes, or diabetes.

There are certain medications that can increase the amount of amylase in your blood without any illness. These medications include:

• some psychiatric medications
• some birth control pills
• corticosteroids
• some chemotherapy drugs
• blood pressure medication
• methyldopa
• thiazide diuretic
• antiviral medications
• some antibiotics

Causes Of Abnormal Lipase Levels

Lipase levels of a person may be abnormally high if someone is experiencing the following:

• pancreatitis
• chronic pancreatitis
• pancreatic cancer
• severe gastroenteritis, or stomach flu
• cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder
• celiac disease, an allergy to gluten
• duodenal ulcer
• macrolipasemia
• HIV infection