what are the normal guidelines in hematology, i.e. WBC,RBC etc.?
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Here are the "normal" values for a CBC (complete blood count).  Of course there are some people that fall outside of these ranges and have no underlying pathology.  They are meant to be a guideline.\n\nRBC (varies with altitude): \n----Male: 4.7 to 6.1 million cells/mcL \n----Female: 4.2 to 5.4 million cells/mcL \nWBC: 4,500 to 10,000 cells/mcL \nHematocrit (varies with altitude): \n----Male: 40.7 to 50.3 % \n----Female: 36.1 to 44.3 % \nHemoglobin (varies with altitude): \n----Male: 13.8 to 17.2 gm/dL \n----Female: 12.1 to 15.1 gm/dL \nMCV: 80 to 95 femtoliter \nMCH: 27 to 31 pg/cell \nMCHC: 32 to 36 gm/dL \n\nUse the links below to find out what these values mean.
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Actually, I would need just a little bit more information.  Often when a doctor talks about low blood, it usualy means red blood cells but some of what you have posted also seems to indicate a low white cell count as well.\nIf the red count is the problem, a transfusion of packed red cells would, if the count is low enough, bring levels up quickly.  Iron supplements or an iron rich diet would help bring the red count up or help keep it up after transfusion if it is necessary.\nIf the white count is also low, things get a little more complicated.  A whole blood transfusion could be done, but units of whole blood would probably have to be specially collected from someone giving blood directly to the patient.  Most blood centers do not keep whole blood any more, they divide a unit into packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelets and sometimes up to two other fractions so as to help as many people as possible from each unit of blood.  If a whole blood transfusion doesn't solve the problem, a bone marrow transplant may be the last choice.\nFirst thing to do is to find out just what the problem is, low blood count is a symptom not a disease in itself, something else is  causing this, you need to know what that is.  At first guess, I would suggest seeing a Hematologist, this is a doctor specializing in blood and dlood diseases.
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1 tissue(?) 2 RBC, WBC, platelets 3 plasma 4 RBCs 5 PCV (packed Cell volume)6 plasma 7 WBCs 8 Platelets 9 ? 10 Oxygen/ oxygenated RBCS\n\n\nI hope that helped
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The red blood cell (RBC) count determines the total number of red cells (erythrocytes) in a sample of blood. Examination of the erythrocytes provides the doctor/physician with information concerning anemia-related problems and the bone marrow response (which is where RBC's are produced). \nAnemia is basically deficiency of blood in common language.\n\nWhite blood cells (WBC's) are part of the body's defense or immune system.The WBC count provides clues about certain illnesses, and helps physicians monitor a patient's recovery from others.\nBasically WBC count says all about our immunity.The elevation or decrease in WBC decides our disease-eg leukemia.For a layman, yes WBC says about immunity.\nYou want me to give more details??
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As with all acute leukemias, acute lymphoblastic leukemia is characterized by proliferation of blasts (lymphoblasts) in the bone marrow. Commonly the peripheral blood and other organs are involved.\n\nThe initial laboratory evaluation of a suspected leukemia requires a complete blood count (CBC) including a platelet count and an examination of a peripheral blood smear.\n\nAlthough the white blood cell count (WBCc) is typically thought of as being greatly increased in leukemia, the WBCc is really highly variable, ranging from severe leukopenia to extreme leukocytosis.\n\nThe platelet count is generally decreased in acute leukemias, but is often normal in chronic leukemias.\n\nThe hematocrit and hemoglobin usually reflect a normocytic/normochromic anemia.\n\nThe diagnosis and clasification of leukemia is accomplished largely through the laboratory examination of peripheral blood and bone marrow.\n\nThe principle studies include:\n\nMorphology \nperipheral blood smear \nbone marrow aspirate & biopsy \nCytochemistry \nGenetic analyses-chromosomal and molecular \nImmunology
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Blood is composed of 6 different kinds of cells (red blood cells and 5 types of white blood cells) and platelets, which are just pieces of cells.\nIn a normal person, there is an average, normal number of each kind of cell.  The numbers of the cells can increase, and (appear to) decrease if the person is sick.\nFor example, if someone has a high neutrophil count then it is suggestive of a bacterial infection or tissue damage.  This is because neutrophils ingest and destroy bacteria and dead tissue.  They're the "clean-up" cells.\nAn increase in lymphocytes indicates a viral infection because lymphocytes fight in cellular immunity.  Meaning that they kill cells that are infected/infectious.\nEosinophils are increased in allergies and parasitic infections (which stimulate allergic reactions).  Their function is to limit the damage done by basophils.  Basophils release histamine (makes your nose run and eyes water) and heparin (which makes your blood not clot).\nMonocytes are also clean up cells and right now I can't remember why they are increased - sorry.\nRed blood cells are the most abundant.  Their main function is to provide all of the tissues of the body with oxygen.  There's lots of tissues and they need lots of oxygen, so there's lots of red blood cells.\n\nI'm not taking into account diseases like lymphomas, leukemias, and polycythemia.  These are disease in which some blood cells are increased because the mechanism that controls their amounts has gone wonky and has nothing to do with the function of the cells.\n\nI hope this explaination helps - and is clear enough to understand.
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wbc white blood cells protect your body from viruses\n\nrbc red blood cells distribute oxygen in your body.
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Red Blood Cells have an average life span of 120 days.\n\nsorry that I couldn't find more... but I hope that helps at least a small bit...
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MCHC is Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration which is is a measure of the concentration of hemoglobin in a red blood cell.  A normal value is 26.3 to 33.8.  You can read about it here\nhttp://www.medfriendly.com/meancorpuscularhemoglobinc.html\nPLT is platelet count, which is used to detect bleeding disorders or other bone marrow diseases, such as leukemia. You can read about it here\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003647.htm
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http://www.leukemia.org/hm_lls\nDiagnosis \nOnce the physician suspects that a patient's blood is abnormal, he or she will want to perform blood and bone marrow tests to rule out leukemia. Additional tissue samples may be needed to confirm the diagnosis or to help plan treatment. \n\nBlood Tests \nIn cases of questionable leukemia, a number of blood tests are performed. Such tests evaluate the type and quantity of blood cells that are present, the blood chemistry, and other factors. \n\nThe second link explains ALL the tests for leukemia.
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:-)\n\nANOTHER blood question!\n\n:-)\n\nSee this page for the reference ranges:\n\nhttp://www.uq.edu.au/vdu/HDUReferenceRanges.htm
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Erythrocytes are round & (red blood corpuscles- RBCs) have a depression (central pallor) in the center. When this depression increases in size, it signifies a decrease in the hemoglobin content of the RBC- HYPOCHROMIC. When the size and shape of the cell is normal (5-6 micrometers) it is normocytic, and MICROCYTIC if small. When RBCs are normal in both the aspects the anemia is normocytic-normochromic. Such anemia can occur with increased destruction of RBCs (hemolytic). In this case the reticulocytes, the cells that give rise to RBCs increase in ratio (>1:100 of reticulocytes:RBCs). This can occur in many conditions like malaria, taking drugs like antimalarials, antigen-antibody reactions; burns. Hemolysis also occurs in sickle cell disease, thalassemia, hereditary spherocytosis (RBCs are spherical, and lack th central pallor) etc., but in these cases the shape of RBCs is abnormal, so they're not normocytic- poikilocytosis.
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If your White Blood Count 15,000 it is a bit high, because the normal value maximum is 10,000.The high WBC indicate infection, you should consult he doctor and ask for further laboratory diagnostic test to confirm the causes of high WBC.\nContact me at\nrwnug@yahoo.com or YM with id rwnug or \nmy blog http://rwnug.multiply.com or\nhttp://www.friendster.com/rwindu\nThanks...!
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Men:\n 4.6–6.2 million RBCs per microlitre \n \nWomen: \n 4.2–5.4 million RBCs per microlitre \n\nChildren:\n 4.6–4.8 million RBCs per microlitre
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Leukopenia (or leukocytopenia, or leucopenia) is a decrease in the number of circulating white blood cells (leukocytes) in the blood. As the principal function of white cells is to combat infection, a decrease in the number of these cells can place patients at increased risk for infection\nLeukocytosis is an elevation of the white blood cell count (the leukocyte count) above the normal range. The normal adult human leukocyte count in peripheral blood is 4.4-10.8 x 103/L. A white blood count of 11.0 or more suggests leukocytosis.\n\nLeukocytosis is very common in acutely ill patients. It occurs in response to a wide variety of conditions, including viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection, cancer, and exposure to certain medications or chemicals. Leukocytosis can also be the first indication of neoplastic growth of leukocytes.
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Interpreting your lab results can be confusing.  Since there are multiple tests done in hematology, i'm not sure which ones you had done.  I'm assuming you had a CBC, white and red counts, hematocrit, cholesterol, etc.\n\nUsually there are two columns.  The left hand column is your result.  On the right is the data range.  If your results fall below or above the range, they should show as abnormal.  If they fall within the range, everything is normal.\n\nThere are several websites that can give you more detailed information about your tests, and what an abnormal result could mean.\n\nI'm including a very user-friendly link that can help you find the answers.\n\nHope this helps!
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With a routine blood test doctor checking:\n\n1.CBC (Complete blood count)\nThis is a routine test to determine the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in your blood.   Hematocrit and hemoglobin\n2.Coagulation tests\nPT (Prothrombin time)\nPTT (Partial thromboplastin time)\nINR (International normalized ratio)\nThese tests measure how quickly your blood clots. \n3.Blood chemistry tests\nThese tests measure the levels of normal chemical substances in your blood.  \n4.Blood lipid tests\nCholesterol, total lipids, HDL, and LDL\nElevated cholesterol (particularly "bad" cholesterol, or LDL) is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.\nThat's in brief