#Anemia testing

[icurediet]

What is an ECG and Why Should You Care?

What is an ECG and Why Should You Care?

If you've ever had your heart "checked," chances are it involved an ECG — short for Electrocardiogram.

But what does that actually mean?

An ECG is a quick, painless test that records the electrical signals of your heart. Think of it like a graph showing how your heart beats — every little bump and wave tells a story about how your heart is doing.

🔍 What Can an ECG Detect?

Irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias)

Signs of a heart attack (past or present)

Issues with blood flow

Enlarged heart chambers

Electrical signal problems in your heart

When Should You Get an ECG?

If you experience symptoms like chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, or a racing heart, your doctor may suggest it. It’s also commonly done before surgery or as part of a routine heart checkup — especially if you have a family history of heart disease.

The Best Part?

It takes just 5–10 minutes, involves no pain, and could help catch a serious problem before it becomes life-threatening.

So don’t ignore your heart — it works hard for you every second of every day. 💗

[shiraishi--kanade]

Can I do a serious post for a minute.

If you're having chronic fatigue, changes in blood pressure, memory problems, low grade fevers, frequent headaches, brain fog, dysautonomia and faint-like experiences when you stand up too fast, you need to get checked for anemia.

If you have unexplained chronic pain, including muscle, joint and bone pain, muscle weakness, dry skin, chronic fatigue, high blood pressure and fevers, you need to get checked for vitamin D deficiency.

These are both incredibly common (some statics say 30% and 42% respectively, but if that's too low or high is anyone's guess) and widely overlooked conditions that can and frequently do cause debilitating symptoms if left untreated. Just because they're widely known about and made fun of in various media doesn't mean you're immune to them. Both of these conditions can result in fatal complications without proper treatment.

I've seen people immediately jump to much harsher and scarier self-diagnoses after experiencing these symptoms and while that is entirely possible and I'm not here to tell you what you don't have, many chronic conditions are diagnosed by exclusion, and sometimes it really is just "that silly deficiency everyone thinks they know about". And chances are even if you do have other issues, anemia and/or vitamin D deficiency exacerbate your symptoms, and it's an important enough symptom for further diagnosis of autoimmune disorders.

Don't just start randomly taking supplements. You didn't know what dosage or form of those you need. Talk to a doctor. In my experience, getting a referral to a hematologist is much easier than to a rheumatologist or neurologist. It's a good place to start figuring out what's going on. Start there.

[divorcedwife]

it's kinda funny that i have all the symptoms of anemia to the point where my doctor prescribed blood tests to check but also iron right away cause it was that obvious just on physical exam, but then i don't even have anemia. im a poser for anemia

[chicago-geniza]

Bloodwork back, we got the GI disease flare hat trick lol (severe dehydration, metabolic acidosis, very elevated WBC count from inflammation)

[fr3akpants]

i just had to get blood drawn and maybe i’m a pussy but it hurts so freaking bad. send wishes and prayers i’m gonna die of blood loss

[cyanbugremix]

If anyone wants to send good wishes and prayers to my mom's cat (lowkey a family cat as well, but she loves my mom the most) then that would be appreciated <3

[mumintroll]

i dont have the flu anymore i havent for like a week but i still feel so extremely dizzy every time i do anything like i cant move my head without it starting to spin

[sunlightfeeling]

chances of the gastritis being autoimmune is quite high, methinks…….

[podraje]

Your girl (me) is now supplementing iron. After all of those years I found doctors, who decided it's time to do something about my anemia. I hope I'll see some improvement (especially in breathing) soon ❤️‍🩹

[harmcityherald]

chicken livers w/onions, peas, mushrooms in a creme sauce.

my dirty oven adds flavor.

I had a bad blood report card I'm trying to force iron into my world.

that and I just like liver and onions. :3

oh......and two tremendous sweet potatoes to accompany the liver of Horus into the underworld.

may the blood reign supreme.

[deepfriedseagullfeet]

also donating plasma today with my cousin......super anxious.......will update if they let me donate or not

[forgotten-daydreamer]

vent moment but my health is a bit worse than i let on, which is weird ik since it seems like complain about it all the time here, and apparently i also look sick, because two separate people in their 40s or 50s asked me, 24, if i needed their seat on the bus. kind of them. but humiliating nonetheless.

[theexhaustedmermaid]

I've been back at my mom's for over two months now. How am I getting sicker? I planned at least a month to recover from health assessments how am I worse?

[pochapal]

girl with the most severe form of kidney disease forgets to adequately hydrate for six hours and starts to feel the Effects

[elibeeline]

its blood test day, and while i know i probably wont get results until next week im making my own lil theories about what ive got

[daz4i]

looking over test results. looking up what one of them says. "if your results are higher than the norm your bone marrow is fucked. you have bone marrow disease. or this type of blood cancer. or this extremely rare deadly disease. no other option sorry". norm is between 0-19 my result is 31