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[Johan]

Does anyone know if there is a comprehensive blood test available in Sweden? By 'comprehensive' I mean performing analyses on serum vitamins, minerals, cholesterol (LDL/HDL), triglycerides, homocysteine, etc. A bone mineral density analysis would be nice as well.

[aikikai]

Johan, on 30-Sep 2008, 05:09 PM, said:

Does anyone know if there is a comprehensive blood test available in Sweden? By 'comprehensive' I mean performing analyses on serum vitamins, minerals, cholesterol (LDL/HDL), triglycerides, homocysteine, etc. A bone mineral density analysis would be nice as well.

Go and do a yearly health exam, which everyone should do every year. Then you will get your blood tested.

[Johan]

The thing is, most doctors around here seem rather sceptical about yearly health exams for a healthy 20-year old. I'll ask next time I visit, though.

[aikikai]

Johan, on 15-Oct 2008, 04:34 AM, said:

The thing is, most doctors around here seem rather sceptical about yearly health exams for a healthy 20-year old. I'll ask next time I visit, though.

And they are probably right, at your age it is not necessary to do yearly health exam if you don't have any health issues. I don't think you have to worry about homocystein levels, etc at your age. Just eat healty and exercise.

[Mynona]

I am 40, and have a hard time to get any tests at all. Even when I was so tired I was bound to bed 18 hours a day, they refused to test anything else but hb and TSH. Ferritin later on showed VERY low, and T4 + T3 showed that TSH 3,4 was not so good, but a sign of sub clinicla hypothyreosis. After three years of nagging,m I got to test for Lyme/Borrelios, and that was what it was. But I had to NAG about it, and was called hypocondrical and "who aren't tired nowadays - hoho".

I am sorry to say I do not trust Swedish health care at all. They also missed my husband borreliaarthritis. Called it age problems. Refused to test for borrelios. Well, the age signs in the joints, was long gone after doxycykline for two weeks. Test showed - borrelios. But he had to pay for it private.

Some private doctors can take the tests you want, if you pay for it your self. Others won't. I went to Hagakliniken i Gothenburg, where I could get the tests I wanted. It was calming to be able to sort away several issues I had on my list for my unhealth. It costed some. Some test are cheap, others really expensive.

[Tomas E]

Agree here mate, I had the same exact problem , when going to take some tests they refused to take what I wanted to, as they found it to be pointless. Gonna change my doctor and hopefully get what im after.

[brokenportal]

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[MKultra]

I think the big problem is, to get something checked, you HAVE to lie and exaggerate a LOT, so the doctors now presume everyone is doing just that and don't take anyone seriously unless they're half-dead. I hate our health care system, it's a complete joke.