The Blood Clinic
Viscosity Lab Services

Blood viscosity is the thickness and stickiness of blood.  The relationship between blood viscosity and human health is intuitive because the circulatory system essentially works as a closed flow system.  All other conditions being equal, an increase in viscosity raises the workload of the heart, as well as the stress and injury that the blood causes against the blood vessels.  In the same way, an increase in viscosity reduces the flow of blood to all of the tissues and organ systems of the body depriving them of oxygen and the removal of cellular waste. 

The Blood Viscosity Test is available for measuring and monitoring the ability of blood to flow to the tissues of the body, and estimating the stress and injury that thick blood can cause on vessel walls, and the workload of the heart.  Learn more inside.