Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I wonder if this paticular tube had some sort of preservative or other substance in it before the blood was drawn. Some of the test we've run in the past have had this and once it seemed a bit lumpy so they threw it out and got a new tube. While you'd hope the person taking the blood would have enough experience to know the difference, many of them aren't trained well on the tests themselves so she may have erroneously assumed it was food. Given the size of the needles they use, it's hard to imagine that food chunks coming through the blood wouldn't clog up the needle. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hello Im new I usually just read, today my son had several blood draws and one of the tubes had white particles in it ,I picked the tube up and asked what is this, the lady told me it was food!!! How can you have food in your blood? Leaky gut? The size of what im calling a big particle was the size atleast 2cm wouldnt he have a stroke or cause blockage? I called the hospital where we went to for the blood work referred from his GI doctor and they said she wouldnt have sent you home if it was ok, Well I wasnt there as a ER patient I went because the doctor sent me and the requistion form to have blood drawn. The nurse said it could be from fried foods, He has not had any fried foods in three weeks since he was out on the GFCF diet I broil his meat in the oven with no spices. He had a boneless chicken breast and sweet potatoes GF from kroger and asparagus for supper there was absoultely nothing fired. How could he have food that big in his blood and what do I need to do. Im thinking I need to go back to the er and say look a doctor needs to look at that tube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Assuming that large food particles should ordinarily not be in a blood sample, I would be concerned about contamination. I you do not already know, you should get the names of the individuals you spoke with about the sample. You should let your GI know that the quality of your sample is questionable. With this problem and your doctor trouble, you are certainly in my prayers. > > Hello Im new I usually just read, today my son had several blood draws > and one of the tubes had white particles in it ,I picked the tube up > and asked what is this, the lady told me it was food!!! How can you > have food in your blood? Leaky gut? The size of what im calling a big > particle was the size atleast 2cm wouldnt he have a stroke or cause > blockage? I called the hospital where we went to for the blood work > referred from his GI doctor and they said she wouldnt have sent you > home if it was ok, Well I wasnt there as a ER patient I went because > the doctor sent me and the requistion form to have blood drawn. The > nurse said it could be from fried foods, He has not had any fried > foods in three weeks since he was out on the GFCF diet I broil his > meat in the oven with no spices. He had a boneless chicken breast and > sweet potatoes GF from kroger and asparagus for supper there was > absoultely nothing fired. How could he have food that big in his blood > and what do I need to do. Im thinking I need to go back to the er and > say look a doctor needs to look at that tube! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 More then lightly fat globules...I once had my blood drawn after a tuna melt and couldn't believe what the blood looked like. It's from food not food in the blood Elyse Goldberg > > Hello Im new I usually just read, today my son had several blood draws > and one of the tubes had white particles in it ,I picked the tube up > and asked what is this, the lady told me it was food!!! How can you > have food in your blood? Leaky gut? The size of what im calling a big > particle was the size atleast 2cm wouldnt he have a stroke or cause > blockage? I called the hospital where we went to for the blood work > referred from his GI doctor and they said she wouldnt have sent you > home if it was ok, Well I wasnt there as a ER patient I went because > the doctor sent me and the requistion form to have blood drawn. The > nurse said it could be from fried foods, He has not had any fried > foods in three weeks since he was out on the GFCF diet I broil his > meat in the oven with no spices. He had a boneless chicken breast and > sweet potatoes GF from kroger and asparagus for supper there was > absoultely nothing fired. How could he have food that big in his blood > and what do I need to do. Im thinking I need to go back to the er and > say look a doctor needs to look at that tube! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Relax! What you describe is impossible. What you could have been seeing either was fat in the blood and in that case all of the serum - water part of the blood would have been white or white to yellow or pink-white or it was the separation gel that is present in the tubes before the blood is drawn that helps separate the blood from the serum while it is being centrifuged. The likelyhood is this latter possibility and you were looking at that and the tech thought you were referring to the whiteness of the serum -so it was a failure of communication most likely. So stop worrying! Next time you are at the lab, ask to see the tubes before the blood is drawn and you will see what I am speaking about. Dr Steenblock www.strokedoctor.com, www.stemcelltherapies.org Dixie <jackdixie7@...> wrote: Hello Im new I usually just read, today my son had several blood draws and one of the tubes had white particles in it ,I picked the tube up and asked what is this, the lady told me it was food!!! How can you have food in your blood? Leaky gut? The size of what im calling a big particle was the size atleast 2cm wouldnt he have a stroke or cause blockage? I called the hospital where we went to for the blood work referred from his GI doctor and they said she wouldnt have sent you home if it was ok, Well I wasnt there as a ER patient I went because the doctor sent me and the requistion form to have blood drawn. The nurse said it could be from fried foods, He has not had any fried foods in three weeks since he was out on the GFCF diet I broil his meat in the oven with no spices. He had a boneless chicken breast and sweet potatoes GF from kroger and asparagus for supper there was absoultely nothing fired. How could he have food that big in his blood and what do I need to do. Im thinking I need to go back to the er and say look a doctor needs to look at that tube! Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent Coalition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Relax folks, Elyse is correct: The little white globules are lipids(fat) precipitating out of the blood under negative pressure (being sucked into the tube/syringe). It is called a Lipemic Specimen and considered normal. I saw it thousands of times as a phlebotomist (lab assistant) decades ago. Lipemic specimens can interfere with some enzymatic testing and other testing, but are often OK for other tests. The lab will let you know if the ordered testing cannot be run on that specimen. Colin's dad Googahly@... Sent by: groups (DOT) To com cc 03/09/2006 01:44 Subject AM Re: Re: Food in blood draw!!!! Please respond to groups (DOT) com I wonder if this paticular tube had some sort of preservative or other substance in it before the blood was drawn. Some of the test we've run in the past have had this and once it seemed a bit lumpy so they threw it out and got a new tube. While you'd hope the person taking the blood would have enough experience to know the difference, many of them aren't trained well on the tests themselves so she may have erroneously assumed it was food. Given the size of the needles they use, it's hard to imagine that food chunks coming through the blood wouldn't clog up the needle. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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