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What Does My Blood Test Report Suggest?

HI Doctor, I am male - 24 years old, I have done a blood test and found the following variances, M.C.H.C - 36.1%, R.D.W - C.V - 14.7 %, Platelet on Smear - Few Macro Platelets seen ; platelet count - 141000 ESR - 32 IS THERE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, HOW SHOULD I PROCEED FURTHER
Sat, 5 Apr 2014
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hello and welcome to HCM,
The interpretation of your blood report is as follows:
1. There is slight decrease in number of platelets. The normal range for platelets is above 1,50,000 per cubic millimeter. In your case the platelets are 1,41,000 and there is presence of large sized platelets or macro-platelets on the smear.
This is suggestive of possibly a viral infection which is damaging the platelets and there is rapid turn over of the platelets leading to variation of sizes.
However, this change is only transient and the platelets come back to normal once the infectious agent clears away.
2. The other parameters MCHC, and ESR are within normal limits.

Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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What Does My Blood Test Report Suggest?

hello and welcome to HCM, The interpretation of your blood report is as follows: 1. There is slight decrease in number of platelets. The normal range for platelets is above 1,50,000 per cubic millimeter. In your case the platelets are 1,41,000 and there is presence of large sized platelets or macro-platelets on the smear. This is suggestive of possibly a viral infection which is damaging the platelets and there is rapid turn over of the platelets leading to variation of sizes. However, this change is only transient and the platelets come back to normal once the infectious agent clears away. 2. The other parameters MCHC, and ESR are within normal limits. Thanks and take care Dr Shailja P Wahal