LifeBrite Laboratories is an Atlanta, Georgia lab committed to quality testing spanning chemistry testing, toxicology, and molecular pathology. As patients are often reluctant to be tested for health conditions, LifeBrite Laboratories emphasizes the importance of early screening, both in preventing disease and avoiding the significant health and financial costs associated with chronic conditions as they become more severe.
Examples of conditions that can often be avoided or controlled when identified early enough are hypertension and diabetes. Managing diabetes through insulin is both better for the patient’s overall health and far less expensive than undergoing amputation due to diabetic neuropathy, which is just one of the many complications associated with diabetes.
In some cases, such as with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), stigma is a major obstacle that prevents patients from seeking out testing. This has major hidden costs, as a variety of STIs are asymptomatic, or take a lengthy period of time to manifest physically. Thus, there is a danger of the disease being unknowingly spread to others. Taking part in early testing, and informing potential sexual partners of the results, is part of a responsible behavior continuum that helps prevent STI outbreaks in the larger population.
