How to Prepare
Fasting: Not required for any component, including the Liver Function and Kidney Function profiles. Eat and drink normally, and keep drinking water — being hydrated while febrile makes the draw easier and gives a better urine sample. Samples: One venous blood draw and a midstream urine sample, taken in the same visit. All 10 components run off that single collection. Plan for a 24-hour report, not a 12-hour one. This package reports within 24 hours, so a morning collection is a result the following day rather than the same evening. If a same-day answer matters more than the wider dengue window — for instance because a second day away from a shift is not possible — the Advance Fever Package reports in 12 hours and carries Dengue NS1 Antigen, though not IgM or IgG. If your work is physical, say so, and say when your last shift ended. Strenuous exertion transiently raises creatinine and uric acid independently of any illness, so the kidney values are read differently in someone who worked a shift the day before. A pre-shift slot gives the cleaner reading, but where that is not possible the information itself is enough — a raised creatinine can be repeated after rest. Tell us which day of fever you are on, and whether a dengue test has already been done. With three dengue markers here, the day of illness tells your doctor which result to weight. NS1 antigen is informative from roughly day 1 to day 7; IgM from around day 4 to day 5 onward; IgG indicates past infection, or secondary infection when it rises with IgM. If an earlier test was negative, note its date. If you have had dengue in a previous year, say so. It is directly relevant to how the IgG result is read, because a pre-existing IgG and a rising IgG mean different things. Medications: Continue prescription medicines. If you have already started an antibiotic, say so — antibiotics taken before sampling can suppress Typhidot antibody levels and would sharply reduce the yield of a blood culture if your doctor adds one later. Antipyretics: Paracetamol does not interfere with these tests. If you have been advised to avoid aspirin or NSAIDs because dengue is suspected, follow that advice — it concerns bleeding risk, not the tests. Urine sample: Midstream, into the sterile container provided. If you are menstruating, mention it, because blood in the sample changes how the report is read. Home collection: Free across Faridabad — NIT 1, NIT 3, Sector 8, 14, 15A, 17, 19, 37, 46, 76, 85 and 89, Ballabgarh, Neharpar, Dabua Colony, Green Field Colony and Sarai Khawaja. Reports: Digital within 24 hours, all 72 parameters with reference ranges and flagged abnormal values.
