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5 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Does drinking water really thin your blood down? And it is taken from an artery, not a vein.

 

With the exception of blood gases (mainly done in an ICU), virtually all blood tests are taken from veins or by peripheral fingerstick.  Definitely not from an artery. 

 

It is not that drinking water "thins" the blood. It is that dehydration will make the blood more concentrated, sometimes  skewing lab results. 

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20 hours ago, PPMMUU said:

To me, it is virtually unheard of for blood to be drawn from an artery in an outpatient setting. I think it's 100% from a vein. The only place you might have blood taken from an artery is in the emergency department or if you are admitted and have a severe condition.

Yes, sorry. I was wrong.

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