Eating Disorder - blood test

[lisaaa]

If you have a blood test (general) at the doctor due to being very underweight, what is it likely to show? and what are they testing for?
Thanks

[Whispered Secret]

Erm, they usually test for things like glucose, ketones, potassium/sodium levels. But other things may also be included depending on what they are particularly worried about. And what it shows depends on exactly what your disorder is and also how your body is reacting to your disorder. SOme people can be really really underweight yet the blood tests show nothing wrong, others can be at normal weight and the bloods are massively sqewed. It just depends on your body.

[Bitter_Angel]

They are testing to see how your body is coping with things. So it will be to make sure your blood is healthy, that your liver is working and your kidneys and to make sure that things such as glucose are within a normal range, as outside the range, can lead to permeant damage.