Diabetes Blood Test Find hCG levels too? Posted: 12-15-07 23:30pm
If you were to go in and get blood drawn
for a diabetes diagnosing test, could the
doctor come back and tell you if, say, you
were pregnant? Like, would they just
intentionally look for hCG levels (don't
they look for that in every blood test?)
or would that be recognizable anyway? This
probably sounds like a dumb question. Just
something I'm wondering. Thank you.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-15-07 23:39pm
Most likely no. With those tests they are
looking for something specific and would
not test for the presence of something
that does not relate to that.
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petitmiam
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 4
We don't test for that... Posted: 04-30-08 02:46am
No, this would not happen.
The myth about the guy who takes in a
urine for a drug screen, and they tell him
"congratulations, you're pregnant" is just
a myth I believe. There would be no
reason to test for pregnancy.
I work in a lab, and the only time we test
for pregnancy is when it is specifically
requested. It would *never* be requested
on a diabetes checkup. However, if you
were about to have surgery, it may be
requested by the doctor. They don't even
have to get consent for that, as the
foetus' right to not be anaesthetised
overrides yours. It may also be requested
by the doctors if you come into the
emergency department, before they give you
any treatment that may harm a foetus, or
for diagnostic purposes (abdominal pain,
vomiting, etc).
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