Blood test HELP

[Horsegirl1]

I have been to gp today with symptons that require a full blood test. She said she was testing for everything BUT what is everything ? There was between 8/10 vials that she filled . Iv not had a blood test before other than in pregnancy so I'm clueless. Probably should have asked but reason I was with a gp meant I couldn't

[Horsegirl1]

What I mean by couldn't is to do with severe anxiety

[LIZS]

Probably depends on your symptoms but would include looking at iron levels, white cell count, thyroid , blood sugar, cholesterol etc

[Horsegirl1]

Symptons include . Severe insomnia , leg and arm pain , severe depression , feeling exhausted all the time , not sleeping longer than 1.5 hr spells at night and being awake for good hour before falling back to sleep. Also severe forehead and facial sweating and anxiety

[PatMullins]

8-10 tubes?

[Horsegirl1]

I don't know the exact number but it looked a lot. She had a big pile between her lap which to me looked about 8 or 10 ? I could be mistaken tho .

[Horsegirl1]

Anyone ?????

[GrimmauldPlace]

It's really hard for anyone to say what she was testing for. I presume you'll have your results in a few days so you'll find out then. Usually when I've had a full "work up" it's been all vitamin levels, thyroid, glucose, liver and kidney function tests, full blood count etc. Blood can tell a lot about what's going on in your body. The gp more than likely has no idea what could be wrong (or there could be a few things that cause the same symptoms) so is covering all the bases.

[Horsegirl1]

Thanks Mrs fizzy. Yeh she did mention thyroid and kidney amd liver tests and then just said I'm literally testing for everything . X

[GrimmauldPlace]

Hopefully it won't be long for the results to come through. I'm not a doctor but your symptoms do sound like they could be thyroid related.

Hope they get to the bottom of it soon

[whatisthisi]

Hi op,
Just wondered if results were ok?
Similar symptoms here and being sent for blood tests