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birth control pills and blood test??
hi, im a 21 year old female i come from a very conservative family, im thinking soon about starting to take birth control and i still live at home so i cannot let my parents know about this...i used to have increased heart beat rates during a while, and i was taking betablockers (pills to lower your heart beat)..i am not taking them anymore since apparently the problem has stopped, but due to prevention from other stuff i have to take blood tests every 6 months....so i have some questions.
1. if i take birth control and get a blood test done, (general blood test like checking usual stuff glucose, thyroid gland, lipids and stuff like that...) will any of the typical things checked on blood test be altered?? MY dad is a doctor so he checks my blood tests results so i was wondering, would he be able to know something's going on by seeing a certain result level being affected by birth control pills?
like i dont want him to look at the results and say like k so this hormon level is high somethings wrong with you :S and me having to confess im on birth control or something or him thinking i have some sort of problem but its only the effect of birth control and im fine..
2. is it safe to be on birth control pills and take betablockers (pills to lower heart rate) in case i ever need to go back to them..
3. i may have a tendency to develo thyroid problems hence why i also get checked for this every 3-6 months...will birth control pills affect this results ? like show a bad diagnose or maybe make the problem worst??
thanks alot !
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Unless the test is specifically looking for certain hormone levels or specific chemicals in your blood the answer to question 1 is no. A routine blood test is a specific set of blood panels that does not usually look at hormone levels.
The answers to questions 2&3 require a doctor to answer and none of us are doctors. Since your father is your doctor this is a problem for you.
Morally your father should not be your doctor. It is wrong for a doctor to treat members of their own family as it impedes their objectivity for one thing and among the host of other things invades you privacy. Since you were 13 under the law you had a right to medical privacy and confidentiality. Your doctor would not be allowed to share with your parents anything you did not want them to know without your written consent, This is a law passed by Congress known as HIPPA.
I would suggest that since you are now 21 you consider finding your own doctors, ones that are not friends of your father, so that you can have the type of medical confidentiality you need to ask these type of questions of your doctor.
I'm reasonably certain seeking out your own doctors will most likely upset your father as your father. As your doctor he should understand that as a patient you need to be able to speak with your doctor on any subject without embarrassment or fear of his displeasure. Being your father; is both your father and your doctor you do not have the comfort zone or the confidentiality that comes with having a doctor that is not an immediate relative. If need be you explain this just that way.
Medically speaking a patient must be able to share their most intimate parts of their lives with their doctor. You for obvious reasons cannot so do this and is why I am suggesting you find doctors other than your father.
A good way to do this is to use the patient referral service at a hospital your father is not affiliated with. If that is not possible, I'm sure you know which doctors your father is closest to; try not to choose them. Regardless of how close they are to your father they cannot under the law divulge any medical information to him without your consent or they face significant fines and jail time for doing so. I only offer this suggestion as I feel you will be more comfortable with someone who is not a close friend of your fathers or your family.
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