Veri-Q Cholesterol Home Test Kit Strips - Healthy Lipid HDL, LDL and Triglyceride Test Strips. 5 Strips Plus lancets and pipettes.

• ☑️ REPLACEMENT STRIPS - These strips WILL ONLY FIT IN THE BLUE & WHITE VERI-Q METER and NOT the Silver and white meter. PLEASE ensure you purchase the correct ones. The strips for the SIlver & White meter have the letter Q on the bottom of the strip and are available on a separate listing.
• ☑️ WHAT THEY TESTS FOR - A complete cholesterol test, also called a lipid panel or lipid profile, is a blood test that can measure the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in your blood. TheHealthy Lipid blood cholesterol test monitor with these strips measure these parameters. Total Cholesterol, Total Cholesterol and HDL Cholesterol, Lipid Test (TC/HDL/Triglycerides/LDL), showing cholesterol in your blood, including both "good" and "bad" cholesterol and Triglycerides.
• ☑️ TEST AT HOME - These strips are easy and convenient to use in the comfort of your own home. Pop in the memo stick into the Veri-Q, insert 1 of the 5 test strips into the monitor, prick your finger with a lancet pen, use a pipette to draw up the blood and squeeze it into the holes in the testing strip. Then wait 90 seconds for an accurate result, no sending off in the post. These strips, with the Veri-Q meter are one of the easiest and fastest ways to test total Cholesterol.
• ☑️ WHY TEST - Good HDL cholesterol makes you less likely to have heart or stroke problems. Bad LDL Cholesterol or non-HDL makes you more likely. Triglycerides is a fatty substance similar to bad cholesterol. Cholesterol monitors can help lower cholesterol as per advice from the NHS. A cholesterol test is an important tool. High cholesterol levels often are a significant risk factor for coronary artery disease.
• ☑️ WHO AND WHEN - According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a first test should be between age 9 to 11, then repeated every 5 years. The NHLBI recommends men aged 45 to 65 and women aged 55 to 65 get tested every 1 to 2 years. People over 65 should be tested annually. Frequent tests are needed if on cholesterol lowering medications or initial tests are abnormal.

This Listing is For 5 x Test Strips to Suit The Veri-Q Test Meter The Veri-Q Healthy Lipid Multi-Monitoring meter is an easy to use, handheld device which allows you to check your Total Cholesterol, as well as HDL & LDL and Triglyceride levels. An excessive Cholesterol level increases the risk of heart disease and is responsible for more than half of the 125,000 deaths from coronary heart disease, annually, in the UK. It is a "silent killer" as in itself it does not have symptoms. The fast, accurate and powerful system helps you monitor your health easily. The Veri-Qsystem uses the latest amperometric technology in a unique electrochemical process. Automatically collecting by capillary action a tiny amount of blood to provide accurate and consistent results in 30, 60 or 90 seconds (for all three tests). A simple, painless, speedy procedure. It needs less blood than other meters to perform these tests. This home cholesterol test kit is brought to you by MillerMed. MillerMed and Miller Medical are a healthcare company providing clinical equipment to professionals and for home use. MillerMed equipment is used all over the UK in nursing homes, doctors surgeries, schools, businesses and also by the NHS.