Routine blood work include liver and thyroid?

[helenhoo]

I went docs and spoke about my anxiety (briefly) and he took look at moles/freckles and said they weren't eorrying.

He mentions he wants me to have blood tests to see why I'm anxious.
Fast forward to going home I notice the letter says something about liver test and thyroid tests. My liver seems to be fine. Surely I can't have liver disease at a young age and don't binge drink?

My anxiety reckons he thinks it is melanoma and its spread to my liver...:shades:

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Ps I haven't had blood work done since a full std check couple of years ago.

[dizzy daisy]

Nope it's just because certain disorders can cause anxiety type symptoms so he's just checking you out. I'm not talking life threatening illness but things like thyroid that can be easily corrected with meds xxxx

[helenhoo]

So why my liver? I can't see anything on the net except liver disease and cancer...

[Hypo]

It has nothing to do with cancer.

Nothing at all.

If they thought you had melanoma and it had spread to your liver they would have you in hospital and they would tell you. Like I said on the other thread they aren't allowed to lie. If you had melanoma mets you would know about it, trust me.

A liver function test is extremely common. These tests are routine when someone is having blood tests.

It's just a routine blood test. For the love of god stop googling.

[netminder1976]

Just had my blood drawn on Wednesday, still waiting on the results but I did ask what all was it being tested for and liver was one of the things along with thyroid and cholesterol and just complete blood count. When they take blood they might as well test it for everything. Do you know when you will get your results? The waiting is definitely the hardest part. I'm waiting right here with you.

[swgrl09]

I just had my annual physical and they tested thyroid, liver, kidneys, lipids, CBC, etc.

[Annoyed]

I also had CBC, liver, thyroid, lipids, etc in the past year for a check up.

[netminder1976]

It's really better that way though. If they did tests on everything but that , then if you're like me you would start wondering if it's them things they did not test for. Better to knock it out all at once.

[Sparkling_Fairy]

Routine blood work includes liver tests.
It includes tests for all your major organs to see they're still functioning properly (far as I know). But definitely includes liver and thyroid as a standard

[countrygirl]

Standard routine blood tests, our Dr calls them mot blood tests ( uk term) because we have ministry of transport tests for our vehicles that cover alot of things so he says he is doing the same for our bodies.

[dizzy daisy]

As netminder says, it's best to get a full range of tests at once and then you don't have added worry of thinking what if it was the one they missed!! I had lots of bloods done a few months ago due to my exhaustion. I was convinced something would show as it makes me feel so rough and was frightened at the amount of tests they wanted. The bloods came back fine which was a relief. I noticed that the only think that wasn't there was liver function- they have renal profile and everything else including vitamins. Had to have fasting glucose and lipids too. The dr did say that if there was anything untoward going on then this range of tests would indicate something. I still have niggles in my mind because I'm having a bout of fatigue now that it might be related to my liver- that's the only test not done. My rational mind tells me that the dr knows what they are doing- she told me she would know if there was something terrible happening from the bloods that were taken- I know that other bloods would likely be out- such as the lipids and glucose which are regulated by the liver if there was a major issue and she would have then investigated further.
It's the most horrible thing waiting for test results, but your dr knows what they are doing and you can be reassured in black and white that all is well with you physically and that will hopefully help you to reduce your anxiety xxx