Most people arrive here having already had labs run. Often several rounds of them. The results came back “normal,” or came back abnormal with no explanation attached, and nothing changed afterward.
This page is a plain description of the testing available through our clinic and what each panel measures. It is not a menu to shop from. Which tests are useful depends on your history — and if a test will not change the plan, there is no reason for you to pay for it.
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How testing works here
First, an evaluation
Testing is selected to answer specific questions raised by your history, not run as a fixed panel that every patient gets. Which tests are useful often depends on the timeline of what changed and when — and that timeline only comes out if someone asks.
The evaluation is a paid visit. The 15-minute discovery call is free, and it is not an evaluation — it is a short conversation to see whether we are a fit.
Then, a targeted panel
Lab orders for evaluated patients are placed and reviewed by Alvin Philipose, DC, ICCP. Some panels are collected at home and mailed in. Others need a blood draw, done at a partner draw site or, for several panels, through a mobile phlebotomy visit at additional cost.
Then, a results visit
Results are reviewed with you in a scheduled follow-up, against the history that prompted them, rather than sent as a report on its own. Turnaround varies widely by panel and is set by the laboratory rather than by us; we will give you their current estimate when a test is ordered.
What we test for
Grouped by the question being asked, not by the laboratory that runs it.
Digestive function and the gut microbiome
For persistent bloating, irregular bowels, food reactions that keep expanding, and symptoms that started after a gastrointestinal illness.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| GI-MAP (with or without zonulin) | Diagnostic Solutions | Stool, at home | A DNA-based panel covering 40+ gut bacteria, yeast, viruses and parasites, plus markers of digestion, inflammation and immune activity in the gut. The zonulin version adds a research marker studied in relation to intestinal barrier function; its clinical interpretation is not established. |
| GI Effects Comprehensive Profile | Genova | Stool, at home | Digestion and absorption, gut inflammation, and the balance of bacteria present. Available as a one-day or three-day collection. |
| Comprehensive Stool Analysis with Parasitology | Doctor’s Data | Stool, at home | Stool testing by culture and microscopy, including parasites, short-chain fatty acids and calprotectin. |
| SIBO breath testing | Aerodiagnostics · Commonwealth Diagnostics · Genova | Breath, at home | Hydrogen and methane in the breath after a sugar drink, to assess bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine. |
Mold and environmental exposure
For symptoms that track with a building, or that began after a water-damaged home or workplace.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| MycoTOX Profile | Mosaic Diagnostics | First-morning urine, at home | Eleven mycotoxins produced by around forty mold species, by mass spectrometry. |
| Total Mycotoxin Panel | RealTime Laboratories | Urine, at home | Sixteen mycotoxins by a different laboratory method, reported in parts per billion. |
| GPL-TOX | Mosaic Diagnostics | First-morning urine, at home | Screens for exposure to 173 environmental chemicals by measuring eighteen urinary metabolites. |
| TOXDetect Profile | Mosaic Diagnostics | Urine, at home | Screens for environmental chemical exposure, including glyphosate. |
A note on interpretation: a positive mycotoxin result establishes exposure. It does not by itself establish that exposure is the cause of your symptoms.
Mast cell and histamine
For flushing, hives, unexplained reactions to foods, medications or temperature, and symptoms that come in episodes.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryptase | Access Med Labs | Serum, blood draw | An enzyme released by mast cells, measured to help characterize mast cell activity. |
| Plasma histamine | Quest · Labcorp | Plasma, blood draw | Histamine circulating in the blood at the moment of the draw. Collection timing matters and will be explained to you. |
Several of the confirmatory mediators in this area are not available through our standard laboratory partners. Those tests require a physician order, and we will tell you so that you can arrange it with a licensed physician — rather than substituting a test that answers a different question.
Thyroid and adrenal
For fatigue, temperature intolerance, hair and weight changes, and light-headedness on standing.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Thyroid Panel with Antibodies | Precision Point | Serum, blood draw | TSH, free and total T3 and T4, plus thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin antibodies in one panel. |
| Thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin antibodies | Quest | Serum, blood draw | The two antibodies most often measured when autoimmune thyroid involvement is being considered. A narrower option when antibodies are the only question. |
| Aldosterone | Quest | Serum, blood draw | A hormone involved in sodium, potassium and blood volume regulation. It is interpreted alongside renin, which is ordered separately. |
Post-viral and immune
For symptoms that began after an infection and have not resolved on the timeline anyone expected.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viral Panel Comprehensive | Immunosciences | Serum, blood draw | Antibody testing for Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus, HHV-6, herpes simplex, varicella zoster and rubeola in a single panel. |
| Epstein-Barr Virus Panel | Immunosciences · Quest | Serum, blood draw | VCA IgM and IgG, early antigen IgG, and EBNA antibodies — the pattern used to distinguish recent from past infection. |
| hs-CRP, ferritin, IL-6 | Access Med Labs | Serum, blood draw | Inflammatory markers, read together rather than individually. Ferritin also reflects iron storage, which is why it is never read alone. |
| Autoimmune Reactivity Array 5 | Cyrex | Serum, blood draw | Screens for antibodies against a range of body tissues. A research-context panel, not a diagnostic one. |
Hormones
For cycle changes, sleep and energy patterns, and symptoms that move with the month.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUTCH Complete | Precision Analytical | Dried urine, at home | Sex and adrenal hormones and their breakdown products, the daily free cortisol pattern, melatonin, and an oxidative stress marker. |
| DUTCH Plus | Precision Analytical | Dried urine and saliva, at home | The above, plus the salivary cortisol awakening response — the first hour after waking. |
| DUTCH Cycle Mapping | Precision Analytical | Dried urine, at home | Estrogen and progesterone mapped across a full cycle rather than captured at a single point. |
Cardiometabolic
For blood sugar and cardiovascular risk questions that go beyond a standard cholesterol panel.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMR LipoProfile | Labcorp | Serum, blood draw | Counts and sizes LDL particles, rather than only the cholesterol carried inside them. |
| Lipoprotein(a) | Quest | Serum, blood draw | A largely inherited lipoprotein that standard cholesterol panels do not report. |
| Apolipoprotein B | Access Med Labs | Serum, blood draw | Counts the atherogenic particles in circulation — one particle carries one ApoB. |
| CardioMetabolic Comprehensive | Boston Heart | Serum, blood draw | A combined lipid, blood sugar and inflammatory panel. |
| Hemoglobin A1c, fasting insulin, uric acid | Access Med Labs · BioReference · Quest | Serum, blood draw | Average blood sugar over about three months, fasting insulin, and serum urate. |
Nutrient status
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| NutrEval | Genova | Plasma and urine — blood draw plus an at-home urine collection | Over 125 markers spanning amino acids, organic acids, fatty acids, oxidative stress and mineral status. |
| Micronutrient Test | SpectraCell | Whole blood, blood draw | 31 nutrients measured inside white blood cells rather than in serum. The laboratory reports this as an intracellular measure; how it compares to serum testing is not settled. |
| Organic Acids | Mosaic Diagnostics | Urine, at home | Urinary metabolites reflecting yeast and bacterial activity, vitamin cofactors, oxidative stress, peripheral catecholamine metabolism and oxalates. |
| Organix | Genova | Urine, at home | An organic acid profile covering energy production and metabolic pathways. |
Nerve-related workup
For burning, numbness or tingling — particularly when a previous workup came back normal. This group pairs with our neuropathy pages.
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methylmalonic acid | Access Med Labs · Quest | Serum, blood draw · or urine, at home | Can rise when B12 is functionally low even if the serum B12 number looks normal. It also rises for other reasons, including reduced kidney function, so it is read alongside the rest of the picture. |
| Homocysteine | Quest | Serum, blood draw | Reflects B12, folate and B6 status, and is also read as a vascular marker. |
| Two-hour glucose tolerance test | Quest | Timed serum, at a partner draw site | Blood sugar measured fasting and two hours after a standard glucose drink — the test that catches impaired tolerance a fasting glucose can miss. |
| Celiac profile | Genova | Serum, blood draw | Antibody testing used to screen for celiac disease. |
| Copper and zinc | Mosaic Diagnostics | Blood, blood draw | Levels of each and the ratio between them. |
| Urine toxic metals | Doctor’s Data | Unprovoked timed urine, at home | Twenty metals measured in a timed urine collection, without any provoking agent. Results reflect recent exposure and do not establish a cause of symptoms. |
Some causes of small fiber neuropathy require specialty antibody testing that runs through academic reference laboratories rather than our standard partners. Those tests require a physician order, and we will tell you so that you can arrange it with a licensed physician.
Genetics
| Test | Lab | Sample | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3X4 Genetics with Blueprint Report | 3X4 Genetics | Cheek swab, at home | 134+ genes grouped into 36 biological pathways, reported as tendencies rather than diagnoses. No needle. |
What we do not claim
Testing describes what is being measured. Testing is not treatment, and no panel on this page treats or cures any condition.
Some of these tests are well established and widely used in conventional practice. Others are used within functional medicine and have a thinner evidence base behind them — that is a real distinction, and we would rather name it here than let a professional-looking report imply more certainty than it carries.
We will also tell you when we are not the right people for a problem. That is a real outcome and we would rather say it than take you on.
Practical details
We are direct-pay. Venturis Clinic does not bill insurance, and specialty lab testing is generally not covered. We tell people this in the first conversation rather than at the end, because it is a real tradeoff and you deserve to weigh it with full information. Many patients use HSA or FSA funds; check with your plan administrator.
Where the blood draw happens. Panels requiring a draw are collected at a partner draw site, and several laboratories offer a mobile phlebotomy visit at additional cost.
How long results take. Turnaround varies by panel, from about one day to several weeks, and is set by the laboratory rather than by us. Ask us for the current estimate on any specific test when it is ordered.
Testing described on this page is for adults. Testing for anyone under 18 is arranged only through a licensed physician.
Where we serve. Oklahoma City and surrounding areas, including Tulsa. At-home collection kits ship anywhere in the state.
If you have a folder of normal labs and an unanswered question, a short discovery call is the place to start.
Book a free 15-minute discovery call →
Alvin Philipose, DC, ICCP. This page is educational and is not medical advice. Testing does not diagnose or treat any condition. Consult your own physician about your individual circumstances.