• Question: How long does it take you to diagnose a blood disorder ?

    Asked by Hol to Irene on 7 Nov 2015.
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      Irene Regan answered on 7 Nov 2015:

      Sometimes it can take many experiments which we call tests to diagnose a blood disorder. Other times we could diagnose it very quickly, like in a few minutes. Did you every hear of someone being low in iron- we could diagnose it very quickly by measuring a substance called haemoglobin and then looking at the blood under a microscope ( we would look at small circular objects (like saucers) called red blood cells.

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