# Candida Antibodies, IgA, ELISA

> This test measures IgA antibodies, which are specific proteins your immune system creates in response to Candida, a common type of yeast. It helps show if your body is mounting an immune reaction to this yeast, which often lives in the digestive tract or other mucous membranes. This information can help evaluate if certain symptoms are related to yeast exposure. However, this test cannot diagnose an active infection on its own because many healthy people have these antibodies due to the normal presence of yeast in the body.

- Labcorp code: 163020
- Category: [Infections](https://app.picardo.health/labs/tests/infections.md)
- Price: shown at checkout, before payment.
- Blood draw: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=163020&ref=assistant

## About ordering

A licensed physician reviews every order before any test is run, and results arrive in the person's Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.