Munchlet
15-02-13, 13:58
I posted yesterday about my son who I'm quite worried about.
Well he had to go for a blood test today because he had a viral infection before Christmas which caused some muscle inflammation and it was releasing chemicals into the bloodstream which can cause Kidney damage. He orginally went for the repeat test four weeks ago but apparently there was a mix up and they actually did a FBC and didn't bother testing for the one thing they were actually supposed to be looking at, so he had to go again today.
Now he had some problems at Christmas with them getting the blood but he was poorly and dehydrated so I just put it down to that. Today the nurse put the needle in his arm and the blood was so slowly trickling out and it looked kind of thick? So she gave up and put the needle in his hand and it came out fine and quite quickly but I still thought the blood looked a bit thick (obviously I'm no expert in this)
I asked about the blood being slow etc before and the nurse said sometimes it just happens especially with children, but I'm worrying about it now and why it looked a bit thick.
I asked what they were testing for and she said, bones, kidneys liver and muscle inflammation which has also scared me half to death as I thought they were only looking for one thing.
Does anyone have any experience of this, he has been poorly and I was nagging him to drink more yesterday as he didn't eat anything and did'nt drink much so I know he was probably a bit dehydrated but I just thought it looked a bit thick and I'm now worrying myself silly it's because there's something really wrong.
Any ideas/advice?
Well he had to go for a blood test today because he had a viral infection before Christmas which caused some muscle inflammation and it was releasing chemicals into the bloodstream which can cause Kidney damage. He orginally went for the repeat test four weeks ago but apparently there was a mix up and they actually did a FBC and didn't bother testing for the one thing they were actually supposed to be looking at, so he had to go again today.
Now he had some problems at Christmas with them getting the blood but he was poorly and dehydrated so I just put it down to that. Today the nurse put the needle in his arm and the blood was so slowly trickling out and it looked kind of thick? So she gave up and put the needle in his hand and it came out fine and quite quickly but I still thought the blood looked a bit thick (obviously I'm no expert in this)
I asked about the blood being slow etc before and the nurse said sometimes it just happens especially with children, but I'm worrying about it now and why it looked a bit thick.
I asked what they were testing for and she said, bones, kidneys liver and muscle inflammation which has also scared me half to death as I thought they were only looking for one thing.
Does anyone have any experience of this, he has been poorly and I was nagging him to drink more yesterday as he didn't eat anything and did'nt drink much so I know he was probably a bit dehydrated but I just thought it looked a bit thick and I'm now worrying myself silly it's because there's something really wrong.
Any ideas/advice?