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It's less painful than your eyeball . . . NAHHHH, just joking. The blood from your finger is observed under a microscope, and the number of white (or sometime red) corpuscles is counted. If there are more white corpuscles than normal, the doctor may suspect that you have an infection or sickness of some kind, then he will follow up.
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Does having food on your finger affect your blood glucose?
Yes it will affect the reading you get (not your actual blood glucose). If you have food (especially sugary food) on your finger where you take the drop of blood from, then the sugar from the food will mix with the blood and give a false reading. This is why it is important to wash the finger before testing blood glucose.
How can doctors determine positive or negative blood types.?
Doctors can determine positive or negative blood types by administering a test. The difference between positive and negative types is the presence of the RH factor. Positive blood types indicate the presence of the RH factor while negative blood types do not have this factor.
How can I find out what blood type I am?
In order to find our blood type you should visit your nearest blood center or doctors office. The doctors office should be able to get this information from your files. If they are unable to get this information they can do a blood test to determine your blood type.
Where should a finger be punctured for a blood sample?
the tip of the thumb
Can a smashed index finger get swollen?
Yes, it is very normal for a jammed finger to swell.
What finger do doctors call your annular finger?
Ring finger
Does having food on your finger affect your blood glucose?
Yes it will affect the reading you get (not your actual blood glucose). If you have food (especially sugary food) on your finger where you take the drop of blood from, then the sugar from the food will mix with the blood and give a false reading. This is why it is important to wash the finger before testing blood glucose.
What to do on the first day or nursing duty?
they take blood pressures, take x-rays to doctors, give injections to people, flirt with doctors lol
How can j find out my childs blood type?
You can find your child's blood type by getting a blood sample drawn at his/her Doctors office. They prick your child`s finger and put it on a slide. Results are usually back in 24 hours.
How do doctors check blood types of patients?
There are two ways of getting your blood type checked. One way is thru giving blood with needle from your vein or, if the doctor only needs a little sample, then he'll just prick your finger.
What does pricking your finger do?
Blood comes out from our finger.
What are the things that doctors do?
they eat puusy and finger people.
How would someone test their blood type?
First pinch the finger with pricker and take a blood sample. Take the sample and get an acid. Put your blood and look at the sample reaction then look for any difference.
A girl cuts her finger which part of the blood will chemically stop her finger bleeding?
If a girl cuts her finger, the blood itself will chemically stop her finger from bleeding. The blood will form a clot at the cut and stop other blood from flowing out if no artery was severed.
How can doctors determine positive or negative blood types.?
Doctors can determine positive or negative blood types by administering a test. The difference between positive and negative types is the presence of the RH factor. Positive blood types indicate the presence of the RH factor while negative blood types do not have this factor.
How much of water in blood-?
The composition of water in our blood is about 92%.
Can a blood test tell you if you are pregnant?
Yes a blood test can tell you you are pregnant. That's why to make sure someone is pregnant the go to the doctors and take a blood test for pregnancy.Yes
