Do u have a regular Dr. I have never had a test done to see if I have a virus or bacterial problem. The Dr can usually tell by my symptoms and listening to my heart and Lungs. Pneumonia they may test for because its important to know if its viral or bacterial.
For labs you need a Drs. order and those drawing blood are Phlebotomists. Some labs will come to the home but again only with a doctors order. I would call your doctors office and see if he has a Nurse practioner who can come see you. Call ur insurance provider and see if the provide visiting nurses.
Not likely. I guess you can try, but it just isn't cost effective for labs to function in such a setting. If you are sick, get to your Dr or and INstacare.
My SIL wants to go take a peek at my (slowly dying) MIL.
BUT--he said "I can't really make ANY kind of dx without bloodwork and there's no way she can get that w/o going to the ER or an InstaCare. He finds the care she's receiving to be incredibly subpar and actually said that now he knows she's alone most days--he's a Dr and knows she's an endangered elder and he is a mandated reporter. So he's NOT going to see her and then he's 'off the hook'.
Blood tests will tell you so much--please, find someone to take you to an ER or similar setting and get checked out.
Chloe is this for you or Aldo? Depending on insurance, home health services can be ordered and most blood work can be done from home by a nurse but they would need a drs order. At 88 Aldo might have enough issues to qualify for home health. Call his primary.
There are labs that will sell you lab work and you pay their physician. Quest comes to mind. Quest had a contract with a third party company is how it works I believe. Haven’t used it but they send me emails.
You can order some self administered test that uses saliva, urine, mucus. Not everything requires blood.
Unlikely. Nurses cannot do such testing. Only a lab can do such testing and only a doctor can order the testing. Now if a doctor orders testing on, say a urine or sputum test: 1) he can order it at the lab. 2)You send someone to the lab to get instructions and a sterile collection kit. 3)You can collect specimen at home and 4)then you have someone take that speciment to the lab. If this is blood testing then the doctor's office will let you know, if you absolutely cannot leave your home, how he will arrange collection of the IV specimen. Just know he may advise you call EMT and go to ER if things are going this badly.
For labs you need a Drs. order and those drawing blood are Phlebotomists. Some labs will come to the home but again only with a doctors order. I would call your doctors office and see if he has a Nurse practioner who can come see you. Call ur insurance provider and see if the provide visiting nurses.
Try Teledoc.
My SIL wants to go take a peek at my (slowly dying) MIL.
BUT--he said "I can't really make ANY kind of dx without bloodwork and there's no way she can get that w/o going to the ER or an InstaCare. He finds the care she's receiving to be incredibly subpar and actually said that now he knows she's alone most days--he's a Dr and knows she's an endangered elder and he is a mandated reporter. So he's NOT going to see her and then he's 'off the hook'.
Blood tests will tell you so much--please, find someone to take you to an ER or similar setting and get checked out.
Depending on insurance, home health services can be ordered and most blood work can be done from home by a nurse but they would need a drs order. At 88 Aldo might have enough issues to qualify for home health. Call his primary.
There are labs that will sell you lab work and you pay their physician. Quest comes to mind. Quest had a contract with a third party company is how it works I believe. Haven’t used it but they send me emails.
You can order some self administered test that uses saliva, urine, mucus. Not everything requires blood.
Your profile says that you are caring for someone who has age related decline and anxiety.
Please don’t neglect yourself because you are caring for someone else.
Call an agency and hire someone to sit with the person that you are caring for while you go to the doctor.
Wishing you well.
Now if a doctor orders testing on, say a urine or sputum test:
1) he can order it at the lab.
2)You send someone to the lab to get instructions and a sterile collection kit.
3)You can collect specimen at home and
4)then you have someone take that speciment to the lab.
If this is blood testing then the doctor's office will let you know, if you absolutely cannot leave your home, how he will arrange collection of the IV specimen.
Just know he may advise you call EMT and go to ER if things are going this badly.