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Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is the procedure of drawing blood from a vein with a needle. When you give blood or get a blood test the technician, nurse, lab tech or rarely doctor gets the blood with a phlebotomy procedure.
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A 42-year old asked:
What is phlebotomy?
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What is a therapeutic phlebotomy?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is phlebotomy a good career choice?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I had a phlebotomy a week and they took 200ml too much i felt awful ever since how long until i'm feeling better?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you advise me if having my phlebotomy license, good idea?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can dialysis technicians learn phlebotomy too?
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A 37-year old asked:
How will phlebotomy affect me if I'm on anticoagulants?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is the medical word for the alcohol preparation used to clean skin before routine phlebotomy?
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A 62-year old female asked:
I have hemachromatosis. What is the highest level my ferritin should be before getting a phlebotomy? Please state a number for max.
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have hemochromatosis and had my first phlebotomy yesterday. I was to get 300cc out. My blood was so thick it took 1.5hrs to get 200. Why is my blood like that and the risks?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is it usual to feel lightheaded when practicing phlebotomy?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is it true phlebotomy a good treatment for polycythaemia vera?
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A 29-year old asked:
Signed up for phlebotomy classes. Would patient care technician or dialysis be better?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it true that phlebotomy is the recommended or effective treatment for hemochromatosis?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I didn't see phlebotomy change the needle before she started. Would it have came out on the aids test if she didn't change the needle than and there?
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A 44-year old asked:
Would carpal tunnel stop someone from doing phlebotomy?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Is xarelto a good drg for polycythemia vera along with phlebotomy?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I have been doing phlebotomy for hemochromatosis. i got my ferritin down to 50 then it went back up to 300! why?! do not drink low iron diet
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A 30-year old female asked:
I had a phlebotomy to reduce my iron/ferritinlevel as I have hemochromotosis. My ferritin level has gotten even higher since having my blood out, why?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Life expectancy in 18 year old male diagnosed with polycythemia vera being tested with phlebotomy?
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A 36-year old asked:
During my phlebotomy class my partrner stuck me with a needle.Can this cause pain, numbness in my whole left arm?
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A 44-year old asked:
I have too much iron and am having to have therapeutic phlebotomy. What foods can I eat to avoid any more iron intake?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I have polycythemia and the cause is currently unknown. How much should I expect my red blood cell counts to drop from phlebotomy alone?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I get routine phlebotomy for polycythemia vera and just found out my iron pheno (feno? spelling?) is low. What exactly is this pheno/feno?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I had my first phlebotomy treatment for polycythemia two days ago. I have had a bad headache each morning since. Is this normal or probably unrelated?
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A 21-year old asked:
is hemochromatosis reversible through phlebotomy or must a patient undergo phlebotomy on a regular basis for the rest of his life? Does phlebotomy eventually ease the symptom so that this treatment may stop?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Iron serum high (180) yet ferritin levels low (113). Suffering symptoms akin to haemochromatosis. Can treatment (phlebotomy) be justified?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Im in a phlebotomy class & when they do a capillary stick on me my blood clots really fast. Tonight, my blood was like water & wouldn't clot. Why?
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A 55-year old male asked:
Diagnosed with PV and have been having Phlebotomy monthly. Red blood cells never drop from High but HCT and HGB get lower. Should the RBC lower?
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A 59-year old female asked:
If a patient is on an aspirin regimen what test performed by a lancet in the foremarm, would be most affected? Studying for a phlebotomy class and i just wanted to know if i was right.
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