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A 39-year-old male asked:
i no all blood tests are different butt i went in for a routine physical and blood tests what do the blood tests usually check for?
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Dr. Weiguo Li answered
Family Medicine 26 years experience
Depends: It depends your doctor's order. Normally as routine physical, we will check blood sugar, cholesterol, thyroid function and blood cells etc.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Can home fingerstick blood tests test for hypoglycemia?
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Dr. Alvin Fried answered
Diabetology 64 years experience
Yes: The fingerstick test will tell you what the level of blood sugar is - either high or low or normal.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What is blood tests check for?
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Dr. Ronald Krauser answered
Rheumatology 52 years experience
Thousands of things: Blood tests literally can test for thousands of issues. The nomal routine tests check for anemia, high or low white blood cell and platelet counts, electrolytes, calcium, liver and kidney function and possible cholesterol and other lipids.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
What do the IgG and igw blood tests test for?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
Pathology 49 years experience
Antibodies: IgG antibody usually means prior infection with the organism and IgM antibody means recent infection.
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