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am i meant to starve myself for any of these blood tests?

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Miamla · 17/03/2010 13:51

hello
the blood tests are...
R.B.S.
M.S.U.
an antenatal serology test
HBO
FBC
rubella antibody
treponemal antibody
hepatitis B

can anyone help decipher these please! am i meant to be fasting before any of them? i'm 16wks pg in case that makes a difference

thanks for any help!

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purplepeony · 17/03/2010 14:24

why don't you phone the drs or hospital?

purplepeony · 17/03/2010 14:26

Are you sure that the 1st 2 are blood tests? MSU usually means mid-stream urine sample.

FBC is full blood count.

Many of the others are all for antibodies and fasting will not make any difference.

Miamla · 17/03/2010 18:15

hi purplep, i tried phoning but was continually engaged so thought i'd seek mn advice instead!

in case anyone else needs to know, i went along to hospital anyway and the answer's no, you don't need to fast!

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