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Conducted Blood Test. What Does The Report Imply?

I had a blood test done and some of my results are not normal:
WBC 5.7 4.0 - 11.0 10*9/L
RBC 4.58 3.50 - 5.00 10*12/L
Hemoglobin 140 115 - 160 g/L
Hematocrit H 0.49 0.35 - 0.47 L/L
MCV H 106 80 - 100 fL
MCH 30.6 27.0 - 34.0 pg
MCHC L 288
I don't know what does that mean and would be happy if you can clarify for me.
Thank you kindly
Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Hello and welcome to HCM,
Your blood test report is within normal range.
This report indicates that your hemoglobin is 14 gm% which is absolutely normal.
The red blood cell counts and white blood cell counts are also within normal range.
The hematocrit or packed cell volume are also within normal range.
The red blood cell indices are also good , however the MCV or man corpuscular volume is raised.
MCV reflects the volume of the RBCs. Increase in MCV occurs in megaloblastic anemias. However, your hemoglobin levels and hematocrit do not indicate any anemia.
MCH is within normal limits.
MCHC is low.
However a high MCV and low MCHC are contradictory so it seems that there is some kind of instrumental error.
There is nothing to worry.
You can get the red cell indices repeated to remove the instrumental bias.

Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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Conducted Blood Test. What Does The Report Imply?

Hello and welcome to HCM, Your blood test report is within normal range. This report indicates that your hemoglobin is 14 gm% which is absolutely normal. The red blood cell counts and white blood cell counts are also within normal range. The hematocrit or packed cell volume are also within normal range. The red blood cell indices are also good , however the MCV or man corpuscular volume is raised. MCV reflects the volume of the RBCs. Increase in MCV occurs in megaloblastic anemias. However, your hemoglobin levels and hematocrit do not indicate any anemia. MCH is within normal limits. MCHC is low. However a high MCV and low MCHC are contradictory so it seems that there is some kind of instrumental error. There is nothing to worry. You can get the red cell indices repeated to remove the instrumental bias. Thanks and take care Dr Shailja P Wahal