So what happens if someone eats a piece of bread or a fruit or drink cafe before a blood test
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If it’s a fasting blood test to check for diabeties, it wiLl get the wrong answer and the doctor will order more tests that won’t agree. Why even try to cheat on a medical test? It’s not like a math test.
That only applies to certain things and certain tests. I’m assuming you mean a fasting test, it changes values that can skew results and affect the ability to diagnose correctly.
if its checking for antibodies or something similar, absolutely nothing
if its checking blood glucose, it wont be accurate
Just an inaccurate test result.
Some tests measure the body’s glucose levels which can fluctuate heavily from food intake. So if the test is trying to measure how well the body stores and regulates blood glucose, and eating before it causes a spike, then that changes the results. If someone doesn’t eat for 8 hours, and their blood sugar is still very high, something is likely wrong. Which is what the tests measure.
Same idea for the other tests. Just avoiding uncontrolled spikes due to food.
Depends what they are testing. I get regular bloodtests but I can eat or drink before them and it doesnt affect them.
It will skew the results. You might get a false diagnosis. If you admit that you ate or drank before the test, they will reschedule it and if you mess up again, they will slap your mother.
inaccurate results.
various metrics such as blood sugar and that will be off. many tests need to see how your body is naturally working by itself. so fasting helps see what’s really going on in your “neutral” state.
Physically? nothing.
However the test results are not reliable anymore if not outright unusuable for diagnostic purposes.
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