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Blood Test having to retake help me

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Anom75
Anom75

I had some bloods taken last week on tuesday and on the Friday  the surgery phoned me up and told me they need to be re taking somthing about 1 of the tubes wasn't able to be tested or somthing but the other 2 was fine. I have to go and collect a blood test sheet from the surgery Just wodnerd if this is common or do you think they want to recheck somthing or found somthin and are testing for somthing else . Is it common for blood reaults to have to be retaken and to get a phone call asking to go and collect a blood sheet to go and have them redone 

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  • will24
    will24 Anom75

    Posted

    They would have told you if they found something and had wanted to retest it..... when my potassium came back high the blood lab called me at 3am in the morning...
    • will24
      will24 derek76

      Posted

      lol they said something like " we couldnt get a hold of your doctors office so we had to call you directly, your potassium level is over 6.5, if you start to get lightheaded, shacky etc you need to go to hosbital as your heart could stop", was a lil hard getting back to sleep after that -_-
    • derek76
      derek76 will24

      Posted

      The normal range is 3.5 to 5.5 mmol/l (millimoles per litre).

      Difficulty drawing blood for testing can also traumatise red blood cells, releasing potassium into the serum of the blood sample and causing a falsely elevated reading of hyperkalaemia on the blood test.

       

    • will24
      will24 derek76

      Posted

      ik;p it was high 4 or 5 dif times after that
    • derek76
      derek76 will24

      Posted

      Hyperkalaemia is diagnosed when the blood potassium level is greater than 5.5 mmol/l.
    • Anom75
      Anom75 will24

      Posted

      Hi Will ! Thank you for your responce Just phoned them up and they told me that the renel blood test couldnt be tested due to somthing going wrong with bloods when they was taken or at the lab
  • ptolemy
    ptolemy Anom75

    Posted

    The nurse who takes my blood told me they were always losing blood tests at the laboratory, she reckoned they dropped them or they rolled under a cabinet or some such. I should imagine it is probably some error on the testing and nothing to do with your results.
    • Anom75
      Anom75 ptolemy

      Posted

      Hi Ptolemy ! Thank you for your responce Just phoned them up and they told me that the renel blood test couldnt be tested due to somthing going wrong with bloods when they was taken or at the lab 
  • hope4cure
    hope4cure Anom75

    Posted

    My guess is that a test vial was misplaced or the teat results wer lost.

    Sorry you have to go thru all that again. I've never had it happen yet. 

    Hope all goes well.

    • Anom75
      Anom75 hope4cure

      Posted

      Hi hope4cure thank you for your responce Just phoned them up and they told me that the renel blood test couldnt be tested due to somthing going wrong with bloods when they was taken or at the lab
  • Anom75
    Anom75

    Posted

    Also I have deep vains so it took a few attempts to find  a vain when it did it was very slowely dripping out in to the tube 
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy Anom75

      Posted

      I have that problem, they sometimes have to try both arms and I often have horrendous bruises.
  • derek76
    derek76 Anom75

    Posted

    Sometimes the blood clots before they get round to testing it.
    • Anom75
      Anom75 derek76

      Posted

      Hi derke thank you for your responce Just phoned them up and they told me that the renel blood test couldnt be tested due to somthing going wrong with bloods when they was taken or at the lab
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