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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not harmful to draw a little bit of blood. As long as it’s under 5% of total blood volume it has no impact on health. 
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6045434/table/T1/
I just want to look at zinc, copper, iodine, and folate. My stupid pediatrician won’t test for it. He is useless. [/quote]

It sounds like your pediatrician is doing his job of protecting your child from his mother's stupidity. What are you planning to do with these results after you have put your child through the unnecessary pain of a blood draw? The options are to supplement or remove. Both of these options, with these particular vitamins and minerals, can be extremely dangerous and potentially fatal. Your child is not a lab experiment. [/quote]

I’m don’t give my kid any OTC  medication that have not been approved by the FDA and my doctor. I know that is dangerous and I’m not some nutjob that believes in homeopathic remedies. I’m just want to test these things to confirm that my kid has sufficient levels of them given how important they are for brain development. Doctors don’t test for lots of things that would benefit a small number of patients mainly due to financial reasons. If insurance doesn’t cover it and it’s not a problem for most infants they are not going to ask their patients to pay cash for a lab that will only give actionable information for 1-5% of their patients. I don’t care about the cost and there is really no downside to testing it, so that’s why I’m annoyed with my pediatrician. [/quote]

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