Would It Be Expected That A GP Would Test Blood

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2020

Question: Would it be expected that a GP would test blood and urine of a diabetic patient who has chronic vomiting? Even if patient was attending for another reason?

Answered by Dr. Shinas Hussain (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
It is a part of preliminary evaluation.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the query.
There is nothing wrong in doing basic blood work up and urine studyin case of chronic vomiting.
If you have multiple episodes of vomiting there are chances of electrolytes changes and which can be picked up by basis blood investigations.
Nothing much to worry and your treatment is in the right track.
Thanks

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