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Lipase
Lipase is a digestive enzyme produced mainly by the pancreas. Clinicians use it alongside symptoms and examination when pancreatic inflammation is suspected.
Price for this test on its ownAED 125Test price AED 25
Clinical authorDr Nirupama SabhapathySpecialist Clinical Pathology
- Sample
- Serum
- Laboratory turnaround
- 24 hours
- Collection
- Dubai
- Laboratory
- Intel Lab
Understanding the test
What does the Lipase test measure?
Also called Pancreatic Enzyme (Lipase)
Lipase is used when a clinician suspects pancreatic injury or inflammation. The location and onset of pain are important context for the result.
When it may be requested
Upper abdominal symptoms
Clinicians may use lipase in a wider evaluation of suspected pancreatic inflammation.
Timing of an episode
The time from symptom onset to blood sampling may affect how the finding is understood.
Before your sample
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SpecimenSerum
Your checklist
Lipase alone usually needs no fast. Give the clinician the time pain began, recent alcohol intake and any newly started medicine. Severe symptoms warrant urgent assessment.
A clinician takes a small sample of blood from a vein. The laboratory uses serum, the liquid separated from the blood after it clots.
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Understanding your result
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Result guideLipase
Reading your result
A raised level may support pancreatic inflammation in the appropriate setting. Other causes are possible, and a result alone cannot grade how ill a person is.
What can affect it
- Lipase can rise for reasons other than pancreatitis. Urgent symptoms require direct clinical assessment.
From sample to follow-up
Your testing journey
Laboratory testLipase
- Specimen
- Serum
- Turnaround
- 24 hours
Open your laboratory report
Look for Lipase in your report. Use the sample type and collection time when comparing it with an earlier report.
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Discuss the next step
Bring the symptom timeline and any imaging or earlier pancreatic enzyme results to the clinical assessment.
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Patient questions
Before you book
Should severe new abdominal pain wait for this test?
Severe or persistent pain, especially with repeated vomiting or feeling seriously unwell, needs urgent medical assessment. A scheduled lab result cannot establish the cause safely on its own.
What causes high lipase?
A high lipase supports inflammation or injury of the pancreas, most often from a gallstone obstructing the pancreatic duct, from alcohol, or from markedly raised blood triglycerides. Several prescription medicines can also inflame the gland. Because other conditions can lift lipase too, the result is read with your symptoms, examination and imaging rather than on its own.
Does a very high lipase mean the pancreatitis is severe?
No. The height of the rise does not predict how severe an attack will be or how long recovery will take. A very high value supports the diagnosis, but severity is judged from your symptoms, examination, imaging and how you progress over the following days.
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Written by Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy, Specialist Clinical Pathology. Medically reviewed by Dr Joyce Jose, Specialist Clinical Pathology, on .
Catalogue information and AED price checked on 2 November 2026. Clinical suitability, preparation, collection arrangements and turnaround are confirmed for your selected test.