Blood work and physical? - General Health Message Board

Acting_up · 04-27-2006, 11:04 AM

When you go for blood work and a physical... what do the doctors normaly or always check for?

ladybug8372 · 04-27-2006, 12:06 PM

blood pressure, listening to heart and lungs. and unless you openly object...they will most likely look at your privates, and possible rectal exam....if you do not want this done....you have to tell the doctor. they ask you questions about your health, and if there are reasons for concern in a certain area, he will order blood tests to check for those certain things. otherwise, they do routine blood work....for cholesterol, blood count, liver function, calcium, potassium, hemoglobin, kidney functions, blood sugar. that is what my doctor normally checks for in "routine" physicals.

Acting_up · 04-27-2006, 03:15 PM

ok so heres my deal.. i got a physical and blood work done and I also asked for an hiv test.. so she did a pee test and a blood test.. came back awhile later and said everything is ok.. my concern and or question is does that blood and physical test cover other deasis or viruses? Would anything like herpese or yeast infection etc.. what ever thier can be.. does or would it also show?

Kissa · 04-27-2006, 03:36 PM

Herpes and or a yeast infection would not show up on bloodwork, that can only be detected when they are in an active state. When they do basic bloodwork as Ladybug stated, they look for basic things and not diseases or viruses of any type. Yeast infections, which is what women generally have, are not detectable by bloodwork nor is Herpes.

Acting_up · 04-28-2006, 07:21 AM

so all in all, in order to find out anything... you need to physiclly ask for specific things to check for!? They just dont do a wide veriaty of tests? Like im trying to see if I can walk into a clinic/hospital/doc office etc.. and say "Hey, id like to check for anything under the sun" My reason is so i can make sure.. ya know.. I can go and check for herpes but that doesnt mean if i know I have hiv. id just like to get it all done so i would know 100% that im clean.. not 100% i know im clean of just hiv. I hope i didnt lose any1 with this.