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What Are The Findings From The Blood Test Results?
Hello. This is my son s CBC result. Is he just fighting cough and colds as I suspect or are the results alarming (like pneumonia) and we should really go to have him admitted to a hospital? COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT STAT White Blood Cells 16.3 10^9/L 4.00~10.50 Red Blood Cells 4.56 10^12/L 4.20~5.60 Hemoglobin 130 g/L 125~161 Hematocrit 0.38 0.36~0.47 Mean Corpuscular Volume 82 fL 78~95 Mean Corpuscular Hb 29 pg 26~32 Mean Corpuscular Hb Conc. 0.35 0.32~0.36 RBC Distribution Width 12.7 % 11.0~16.0 Platelet Count 340 10^9/L 150~450 DIFFERENTIAL COUNT Segmenters 78.3 % 23.0~53.0 Lymphocytes 5.8 % 23.0~53.0 Monocytes 5.1 % 2.0~11.0 Eosinophils 10.6 % 0.0~6.0 Comment/s: ABSOLUTE EOS COUNT = 1.73 x 10^9/L (NV: Basophils 0.2 % 0.0~2.0
Mon, 10 Mar 2014
Exact prediction of pneumonia can be done only after clinical exammination. According to your report white blood cells are increased and especialy lymphocytes and eosinophils are high. It is suggestive of parasitic infection.
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