jst something to share with you all.

i went to pusat darah negara today to donate blood. basically they will test for hepatitis, HIV, malaria and one more STD sickness called silitris or something like that. so if you are tested positive, they will sent you a letter to your registered address in 2 months time. well, in a way free blood testing for major disease la. you get to do some good deeds by donating the blood and at the same time you can be assured that you are not infected with any of these sickness.

2nd thing, they have a free hepatitis B jab for mon and fri only. well, there isnt any hep A jab, but well it's free. so cant complain much. onli condition is you must donate more than 2 times in order to enjoy this benefits.

actually wanna ask you guys, how do you know if your blood develop the immunity after the jab? i was told the hep B jab will take place for 6 months? during these periods there will be testing on ur blood to see if there is any immunity developed?

Hepatitis B immunization is actually involving injection of weak hepatitis B virus into your body. This will activate your immune system to produce antibodies against it. Once the 3 series of jab is complete, you can go and get your blood tested for the antibody.

For the really cheap ones you don't get to ask the doc any questions, coz there's 100 people behind you just waiting their turn.

Immunization for Hep B is quite a simple procedure, of course after 3 course of injection you'll have to run a blood test to see if you're immune. which are usually a few weeks after the immunization.

However, for those who borned in recent years, Hepatitis B immunization are immediately give after birth and subsequent follow by booster at age 2,3,5 months.

Hepatitis A infection are often self-limiting...means if your body are immunocompetent, it'll recover by time. And you may/may not develop immunity afterwards. Hep A immunization are recommended for travellers.

i wanted to go for full body check up also (full body include all(not just blood test)). in johor specialist. anyone know how much it cost?

try those BP lab, pathlab...
sometimes when they are doing promotion it is cheap...

coz need to ask some question. few years ago i go to pathlab, they dont explain too much... almost say nothing...

hmm... just do my body check-up yesterday. cholestrol a bit high (268) . any solution for it to go down? docs did give me some simvastatin 20mg for me. but i like natural food for it to go down by itself...

u got lucky then...

im 21yo, my serum Uric Acid 496 umol/L and bilirubin 18.0 umol/L...

This post has been edited by shinobikit: Jan 19 2008, 11:05 PM

Try BP Healthcare. They have many packages. The cheapest (not sure if it's full) is around RM90.

thats like already above the normal range. wassup with it ???

like this consider good ar?

are there any promotions for blood test? im planning to do a blood test

anyone tried BP healthcare? the other day i called them up and it's RM99 for full body checkup. they claim that it's the same offered by Pantai Premier Pathology lab (RM90).

but BP claimed that they have a doctor to explain your lab result to you whereby Pantai doesnt have any doctor.

true ah?

You should consider also a Skin Carotenoid Score scan to check your body's level of antioxidant to put together with that test. The SCS test is non evasive and only costs rm 20

take the result to your doctor and let the doctor analyse it. pathlab / BP lab etc doesnt include consultation. they are just technician that take your blood, test them and produce a result.

doing a test is cheap. but consultation fee for analysing is the expensive part.

i have go to a specialist hospital to do full body checkup... damn expensive.... the docs told me to go again.... but i wont go there again lar... just go to some clinics to do another time of checkup.... damn cheap

sorry TS..there is no cheap full blood test..the cheapest is RM200-RM300 like dat...y dun u surf the net for cheaper 1?

wat is skin carotenoid score check for? antioxidant is wat eh?

issit? u went to BP lab before? the nurse there say upon getting the result, there is doctor to consult one woh...

u know how to read the report urself ah?

tat's the thing..i dunno where to search..tat's why i open this thread so tat people can share ma....

the thing is there are plenty kinds on blood test. blood test done in pathlab is usually is not as conclusive as the one in hospital. there are general indications, whereas if you are referred to do a blood test in hospital, they might be some specific test against what the doctor want to see.

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Added on March 23, 2008, 11:23 pmthey said only. most bplab dont. even they do, they only know 'oh ok, everything is fine' or 'oh you got this X substance on the low-side' and that is it. but your doctor is the only that hold all your medication and health history and now what he want to look for specifically for you.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Mar 23 2008, 11:23 PM