Metals: Zinc

Zn

Chemical Pathology - Routine Laboratory

Acquired zinc deficiency may occur in prolonged malabsorption, during parenteral nutrition, as a result of longstanding diet rich in zinc chelating agents or in a rare condition of defection zinc secretion in breast milk. Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a congenital condition of impaired zinc absorption resulting in skin lesions, alopecia and diarrhoea. Zinc deficiency results in low activity of alkaline phosphatase in plasma

0.4ml Lithium Heparin plasma

Separate plasma ASAP. Send by first class post

1 to 2 weeks

Not applicable

Yes