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My son, who will be 7 next month needs to have blood drawn for allergy testing. In the past I have brought him to the childrens hospital to get it done. I'm wondering if I can just take him to the ***** lab that is much closer to where I live, or does he have to be a certain age?
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My son, who will be 7 next month needs to have blood drawn for allergy testing. In the past I have brought him to the childrens hospital to get it done. I'm wondering if I can just take him to the ***** lab that is much closer to where I live, or does he have to be a certain age? Hi There, Any lab can draw the blood work on your son. Labs dont usually have any age limitations for drawing blood. I have a handicapped child who is usually a very hard stick (very hard to hit his veins just right to get the blood) and has blood work drawn often, so when ever i take him to the lab i always insist that their best and most experienced Phlebotomist do the draw to save my son from undue pain of having to be stuck several times.

Good Luck,
Glory
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Thanks! I wasn't sure if there needs to be a certain size needle. Off to the lab this morning.
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You can get this type of testing done right at your childs docs office.you do not have to actually go to a lab for this.marcia
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No, he gets the RAST blood test. They do not do blood tests there. It's different than the skin testing, which is done right at the doc's office.

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