Why get tested?To measure the amount of copper in the blood, urine or liver; to help diagnose and monitor
Wilson’s disease; sometimes to identify copper deficiencies and excesses
When to get tested?When you have
jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, behavioural changes, tremors, or other symptoms that your doctor thinks may be due to Wilson’s disease or, rarely, to copper deficiency or excess; at intervals when you are being treated for a copper-related condition
Sample required?A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm and/or a
24-hour urine sample is collected; sometimes a liver
biopsy sample