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Blood draw
Needle removal of blood from your arm by a vacuum tube or syringe.
Dr. Marshall Kaplan reviewed this
56 year experience in Urology
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A 29-year old asked:
How to keep from fainting at blood draw?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: blood draw?
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A 56-year old female asked:
I am a "difficult stick". What can I do to make blood draws easier for nurses or lab techs?
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A member asked:
Im an ma student right now and doing blood draws. Is it possible for an ma student to work in a phlabatomy site? Would that count as expirience?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have cvid. In the past 6-8 weeks sm. Papercuts, punctures from IV needles& blood draws don't heal in 1-3 days they take 2 weeks new symptom, concerns?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Redness & pain at blood draw site?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can a bad blood draw cause a cyst near the draw site?
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A 45-year old asked:
Are finger sticks or blood draws more accurate glucose readings?
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A 29-year old female asked:
How many points should your cortisol drop from a am and pm blood draw?
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A 45-year old female asked:
If a patient shows persistent Hgb drop in multiple recent blood draws over an interval of several weeks (e.g., 2g/dl over 6 weeks) with no overt bleeding noted, at what point would you start searching for a cause? What would be the work-up plan?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Hello. I have my next blood draw in a couple of days. But I am really anxious. Is it possible I jumped from no diabetes to having diabetes in a matter of months? I live a really unhealthy life style. I see now I will change. But I want to know my probabil
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A member asked:
When blood is drawn why is it that no blood draws? The lab couldn't draw blood from my arm, why is this?
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A 41-year old asked:
Could HIV spread by unsafe blood draw?
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A 35-year old asked:
Possible to get infection from blood draw?
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A 32-year old asked:
Why blood go up the tube during blood draw?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is it normal to feel tired after a blood draw?
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A 40-year old asked:
Which blood draw schedule is needed for accutane?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Can blood draws tell one needs to reduce sodium intake?
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A 36-year old asked:
I was wondering why people fear blood draw or injection?
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A 68-year old female asked:
A year after having a blood draw the site still itches--why?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Does HIV transmit during blood draw......if suppose they use used injection......
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A 29-year old female asked:
If I haven't consumed any alcohol in the last 60 hours will my blood draw come back negative?
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A 44-year old asked:
Are titers just a normal blood draw? They aren't actually injecting you with anything for this test, are they?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Had blood draw and now 3/4 hour later it is num and tingling and at one poin pain radiated up shoulder , scared?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I had a blood draw Fri and they messed up My sample for Cotinine. I smoked one cig the week before & 3 this sat. How long before I can retest?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Bilateral lumps appeared on inside elbows above crease. No injury. Not hard. What could it be? Will have ultrasound soon. No blood draws/injury.
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A member asked:
Results from 2hr oggt: blood draws: 1/2 hr=230; 1hr=292; 2hr=250 blood tests are negative for diabetes. Is this glucose intolerance or insulin ?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Yesterday I had blood draw from my arm and today, I scratch it and now a knot came up as a size of a dime, is this normal and should I be concerned?
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A 31-year old female asked:
My son went to the dr and they did lab work, CBC and other normal blood draws. What should I prepare for when they say the results came back very high?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I had blood drawn on 6/25. After messaging my doc about other concerns, they ordered additional tests- claiming they would be from the same blood draw. Is this possible? They drew my blood 3 days ago?
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