On Aug 28, 1:09 pm, massive.ent...@googlemail.com wrote:

The arm is the easiest and painless site where blood is usually drawn.
Depending on health conditions such as diabetes some other options may
be open, however they are not as easy in obtaining blood due to skin
thickness etc.

If only one test is ordered or multiple testing depending on the type
of test. then sometimes a fingerstick sample is possible. It is more
painful then venipuncture.

In the outpatient setting, nurses will generally not draw blood anywhere
other than from the arm/hand.

His doctor might be willing to draw blood from the groin (crease at the
top of the leg), which is actually not very painful, but probably has a
slightly higher risk of infection than drawing from the arm.

Most people can tolerate a blood draw with numbing medication and lying
down during the needlestick. I suppose someone might even be willing to
prescribe an anti-anxiety medication to add to the mix.