How to persuade a child to take a blood test

aliasojo

Sorry Daisy. If people are interested in this subject then perhaps they should get some proper info from medical sources or from specific sites that deal with the subject matter. I'm sure that would help then a lot more than reading personal stuff from some random on the internet.

aliasojo

Victory, I'm really sorry your thread has been derailed. I had no idea my reply to ailuro would cause such interest. Clearly I would not have posted at all if I'd thought this would be the result.

gingin_2

Victory, out of interest, I just asked my 13 year old how he would feel if he had to go for a blood test ( he's never had one). He said yes he would do it, he's not worried about the needle but he was worried what it would show up, i.e that he hadn't eaten enough fruit (something I do nag him about)!

I was surprised, as that is quite an immature but genuine response from him but I just wondered whether your son had similar reasonings that perhaps you could reassure him about.

daisiegg

aliasojo wrote: »

Sorry Daisy. If people are interested in this subject then perhaps they should get some proper info from medical sources or from specific sites that deal with the subject matter. I'm sure that would help then a lot more than reading personal stuff from some random on the internet.

But I think the point is, the info from proper medical sources doesn't support a decision not to have the vaccine. Which is why people are interested in what kind of sensible reasons there could be to not have it. That is all.

But don't worry, you are clearly not happy to discuss it and that is of course up to you - I also apologise for contributing to derailing the thread!

aliasojo

daisiegg wrote: »

Which is why people are interested in what kind of sensible reasons there could be to not have it.

Well maybe it would help people put this to bed if I just agreed and said we just weren't being sensible?

Sorry folks, yes, she should have had the jab. I should have made her. I'll get onto it on Monday.

Right can we move on now please? I want to stop replying so the thread gets back on track but if I do, no doubt I'll be accused of stropping off or some other silly thing which is why I'm still replying to posters who direct their comments to me particularly. I'd really rather this part of the conversation ended now?

I agree with everything that's been said and I will reconsider all my thoughts on the matter. I think that's what was required of me so hopefully all's right with the world again and we can move on?

daisiegg

aliasojo wrote: »

Well maybe it would help people put this to bed if I just agreed and said we just weren't being sensible?

Sorry folks, yes, she should have had the jab. I should have made her. I'll get onto it on Monday.

Right can we move on now please? I want to stop replying so the thread gets back on track but if I do, no doubt I'll be accused of stropping off or some other silly thing which is why I'm still replying to posters who direct their comments to me particularly. I'd really rather this part of the conversation ended now?

I agree with everything that's been said and I will reconsider all my thoughts on the matter. I think that's what was required of me so hopefully all's right with the world again and we can move on?

I honestly wasn't having a go at you or trying to suggest you didn't have a sensible reason. Personally it was the opposite; I was assuming there were sensible reasons I hadn't heard about, and were interested in what they were.

I won't say anything about this either anymore - sorry again for contributing to thread derailment!

sg1066

For most of my life I have managed not to go to the Doctors, lucky to have reasonably good health.

When I have gone to the Doctors it is to find out what is wrong with me so if they need to run a hundred tests so be it, even though I have been known to faint at the sight of my own blood.

The few times that I have been to the Doctors knowing what was wrong with me was so much better than the fear of not knowing.

Without knowing why your child was at the Doctors originally I don't understand refusing to have blood taken.

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I haven't read all the posts, but just the first page.

My first thought was "has your son recently taken something or done something that he is worried will show up in his blood". Therefore refusing the test in case you find out?

Good luck OP, hope he changes his mind.

lovesabargain123

I haven't read the other replies so I may be talking absolute rubbish but could this be a maturity thing? I say this as my 13year old (13 in March h had a blood test last week at his peads appointment. He's been going there and being an inpatient since he was 5 weeks old so is use to all the needles,ops etc and he was a star. Chatted to the nursing staff who were doing it, and was told to talk to mum whilst they sprayed the area to numb it and do the blood test and the cheeky so and so said do I have to.. Avid generally have a laugh with them.. However had they tried to do it 6mths ago he'd have had an absolute meltdown and refused point blank! He didn't get his flu jab last year as he decided, no, I'm not doing it but this year he seems a little more grown up and able to deal with it.

Could he have the blood test at the peads department? They ae more use to dealing with teenagers and have the spray that apparently makes all the difference (my friend who works on the kids ward says the spray it more kidolagy) plus a treat after (my son was more than happy to wait as he got an extra 1/2 hour (5 mins in real life) off school ;-)

Good luck I understand how very frustrating it is xxx

Lunar_Eclipse

I think it's odd that a 13 year old has to give consent for blood to be taken, but not for vaccinations, such as the HPV (& as an aside, my research said not to vaccinate if you are ill, have allergies or are pregnant.)

Not sure what I would do in the OP's shoes because beyond needle phobia, pain and teenage 'knowing best', I'd assume he has something to hide. So I'd be tempted to raise this point and see what comes out. He might be horrified that you're left to 'assume' he's smoking, drinking or taking drugs, if he's (presumably) just being 'difficult'.

Good luck!