blood test everyweek??

[thegame11]

I don't really know where to post this but here it is. I use to volunteer in the hematology lab about 4 years ago and there was this one relatively young guy (late 20's, early 30's), who use to come and get his blood tested every week. He did this for several months.

What kind of disease/problem could he have had?? 😳


(I am writing my ps and trying to incorporate something so knowing this would help... )

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[cfx]

Perhaps they were monitoring the level of a drug that had to be kept in a certain range?

I don't think there is any way to predict what or why, unfortunately.

 

[thegame11]

I am not looking for an exact disease... Just some possibilities.

 

[kami333]

Hemochromatosis, at least initially (though it's more bloodletting than testing).

Some drugs require weekly tests in the beginning to titrate the dose.

Others, especially if given at high dose (lithium for example), to check for kidney/liver damage.

Some courses of chemotherapy.

 

[cbrons]

I don't really know where to post this but here it is. I use to volunteer in the hematology lab about 4 years ago and there was this one relatively young guy (late 20's, early 30's), who use to come and get his blood tested every week. He did this for several months.

What kind of disease/problem could he have had?? 😳


(I am writing my ps and trying to incorporate something so knowing this would help... )

Maybe he had a crush on you 🙂

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[Booster]

although it is mostly seen in older patients, i have seen some younger patients in their 30s and 40s who come into our office weekly, biweekly or tri-weekly (depending on how their levels are) to test their blood and adjust their coumadin dosage as necessary. Coumadin is a drug used as an anti-coagulant when people have cardiac complications such as Afib, DVTs, valve replacements, etc. Some labs take the blood for the PT/INR tests via the arm and some just by pricking the finger. Dont know if this was the case, but could have been a possibility.

 

[Grobe57214]

Not very good to get that specific in your PS, but that's just me.

 

[NickNaylor]

Transplant patients also have to get regular blood tests. Usually once, sometimes twice, a week for the first few months.

 

[mvenus929]

Do you know what color the tube was that his blood was drawn in? It's a long shot, but I'd have a better idea of what tests are being run that way.

I've had patients come in every day for a month for anticoagulant therapy... heparin and coumadin. There are a bunch of psych patients that come in every month to check their drug levels (tegretol and lithium are the big ones), and schizo patients that come in to get their ANCs (one of your blood counts) read every month for whatever drugs they take.

We have a retired doc that comes in every so often to get his CBC done to see if he has too much blood. Leukemia patients come in every so often to get their CBC read to see if they need a transfusion or not.

 

[Law2Doc]

I don't really know where to post this but here it is. I use to volunteer in the hematology lab about 4 years ago and there was this one relatively young guy (late 20's, early 30's), who use to come and get his blood tested every week. He did this for several months.

What kind of disease/problem could he have had?? 😳


(I am writing my ps and trying to incorporate something so knowing this would help... )

Some seizure meds, anticoagulants, etc have to be measured regularly to avoid becoming supertherapeutic. There are also some medications that are very hard on the liver such that regular liver function bloodwork would be a good idea.

 

[LizzyM]

Is promiscuity a disease or a problem??
What about occupational risks?

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Could he have been getting HIV tests?

 

[rem6775]

A blood test every week for a 20-something year old could always be someone on clozapine for schizophrenia, etc.

 

[Perrotfish]

A blood test every week for a 20-something year old could always be someone on clozapine for schizophrenia, etc.

Any drug that causes agrunulocytosis, really.

Also generally if your schizophrenic the doctors come directly to your house to try to keep you compliant. At least in Louisiana.

 

[Tatastrophy]

although it is mostly seen in older patients, i have seen some younger patients in their 30s and 40s who come into our office weekly, biweekly or tri-weekly (depending on how their levels are) to test their blood and adjust their coumadin dosage as necessary. Coumadin is a drug used as an anti-coagulant when people have cardiac complications such as Afib, DVTs, valve replacements, etc. Some labs take the blood for the PT/INR tests via the arm and some just by pricking the finger. Dont know if this was the case, but could have been a possibility.

I was going to say that but 20s is kind of stretching it.

 

[thegame11]

thanks guys, I was just very curious... 🙂