If you aren't looking for an std, but have some blood test done, can you still find anything?!
Question: If you aren't looking for an std, but have some blood test done, can you still find anything.?
my exboyfriend was checked into a mental hospital because of sucide thoughts. Do they give blood test before they put someone in rehab, and if so would you be able to find an std even if they arent looking for it.?Health Question & Answer
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Please call the facility a psychiatric hospital. I'm not sure what rehab has to do with this. Blood draws are a routine part of admissions and in-patient stays. Typical of what's looked for are active disease and serum drug levels. So your ex- may very well be tested for communicable disease.Health Question & Answer
no, you have to be looking for stds in order to find them on blood tests. the only stds that are diagnosed by blood test are HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis. there is a possibility that they could have tested him for syphilis, because untreated syphilis can cause altered mental status (very rare and only many years after getting infected). if he is in a hospital, though, he can ask to be tested for anything and everything. they might do it or they might not. Health Question & Answer
Odds are they were only doing a blood test to check for drugs in his system. If you want them to look for something in particular, you need to request it.Health Question & Answer
No. Testing for STDs requires specific tests, and HIV testing legally requires the written permission of the person being tested.Health Question & Answer