At a Glance
Package: Comprehensive Health Checkup for Women. Tests: 99 parameters, 22 components. Price: From 2499. Fasting: 10 hours. Sample: Blood and urine, single draw. Reports: 24 hours, digital. Home collection: Free across Faridabad. Lab: NABL-accredited. The honest description: this is the Advanced Full Body Checkup for Women plus exactly three pancreatic tests — Amylase - Serum, Lipase- Serum and CA19.9 - Pancreatic Cancer Marker. The other 96 parameters are identical, hormones, CA125 and CEA included, so with no pancreatic reason to test the Advanced version covers the rest for less. The CRP in both is qualitative, no figure; for a number in mg/L the Comprehensive Full Body Checkup with CRP & RA Factor costs less than either. ## CA125 Is Read Differently Before and After Menopause CA125 - Ovarian Cancer marker is a screening aid a doctor reads alongside symptoms, examination and imaging — never alone. A raised value usually has a non-cancerous cause, and a normal value does not exclude cancer. What changes with age is which benign causes remain. Before menopause they are menstruation, endometriosis, fibroids, pelvic infection and pregnancy — all far more common than ovarian cancer, so a mildly raised CA125 at 32 is explained easily. After periods stop most of that list no longer applies, so the same value at 58 has fewer innocent explanations and is likelier to prompt a pelvic ultrasound and a gynaecology opinion than a repeat in three months. Neither reading is a diagnosis, and persistent bloating or pelvic pain needs a scan whatever CA125 says. ## FSH and LH After Your Periods Stop IHC- Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinising Hormone and Prolactin are the first-line panel for irregular periods, suspected PCOS and fertility workup. FSH and LH are drawn on day 2 to 5 of the cycle, the ranges being early-follicular. If your periods have stopped that rule has nothing to attach to: book any day, say so, and a persistently high FSH then reads as confirming the menopausal transition rather than as an out-of-range result. Raised Prolactin suppresses ovulation and is a common treatable cause of irregular periods, though stress and several medicines raise it too. If your day involves heavy physical work, paid or domestic, it transiently raises creatinine, uric acid and CRP — so book after your longest gap from it. ## The Three Pancreatic Additions Amylase - Serum and Lipase- Serum rise when the pancreas inflames; Lipase is more pancreas-specific and stays raised longer. They are the standard tests for acute pancreatitis, a same-day hospital matter rather than a routine report, and gallstones are its commonest cause in women. CA19.9 - Pancreatic Cancer Marker, like CA125 and Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA), which runs higher in smokers, is a screening aid read with symptoms and imaging. CA19.9 is commonly raised in benign biliary and pancreatic disease — gallstones, bile duct obstruction, cholangitis, chronic pancreatitis, cirrhosis — and by jaundice; the 5 to 10% of people who are Lewis-antigen negative cannot produce it at all, so their value stays undetectable even with cancer. A normal value does not exclude cancer; a raised one does not confirm it. ## Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination A raised ESR, reported with the CBC here, says only that something somewhere is inflamed — it names nothing. This profile looks at the cells. A qualified pathologist prepares a slide, reads it under a microscope and reports Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, Hemoparasites and a written Impression. No analyser does this: the cost is pathologist time, the line item dropped to hold a price point. Over 50% of Indian women aged 15–49 are anaemic (NFHS-5, 2019–21), and a CBC says only that haemoglobin is low. Cell shape says why: small pale cells mean iron deficiency, large cells B12 or folate deficiency, sickle-shaped cells sickle cell disease. The slide also shows blast cells suggesting leukaemia, clumped platelets an analyser returns as dangerously low, and malarial parasites, endemic with dengue in NCR. ## The Other 13 Components CBC with ESR (21): anaemia, infection, inflammation. Iron Studies (5): thalassemia trait needs Hb electrophoresis. Thyroid Profile (3): Indian women hypothyroid three times as often as men, 15.86% vs 5.02% (Unnikrishnan et al., IJEM, 2013). Liver Function Test (12): NAFLD in 30–40% of urban Indian adults (Duseja et al., 2022). Kidney Function Test (12): creatinine, urea, eGFR, uric acid. Lipid Profile (9): Non-HDL cholesterol beats LDL alone (AHA/ACC, 2018). Complete Urine Analysis (17): not microalbuminuria, which needs a separate ACR test. Blood Glucose Fasting (1), HbA1c (2): 100–125 mg/dL prediabetes, 126+ diabetes (ADA, 2024); anaemia distorts HbA1c. Vitamin B12 (1): 47–70% of Indians deficient (Yajnik et al., JAPI, 2006). Vitamin D (25-Hydroxy) (1): deficiency 40% to over 90% (Ritu & Gupta, IJCM, 2014). RA Factor (1): positive in only 70–80% of rheumatoid arthritis; a negative does not exclude it. CRP (1): qualitative, not hs-CRP. ## Sources NFHS-5, 2019–21 · Unnikrishnan et al., IJEM, 2013;17(4):647–652 · Yajnik et al., JAPI, 2006;54:775–782 · Ritu & Gupta, IJCM, 2014;39(4):178–184 · ADA, 2024 · AHA/ACC, 2018 · Duseja et al., Indian J Gastroenterol, 2022 Content last reviewed: October 2026