why are hematocrit levels of healthy males higher than those of healthy females?
369935
Because women have periods......bleeding monthly lowers hematocrit.
1118747
HBP is often seen as a "men's problem" but more and more females - even young ladies - are finding that they too are evening the score. Good news is that there is a lot you can do to remedy the problem without the use of dangerous drugs. Take a look if you have time: http://www.coolestebooks.com/products2.html\nhttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/treat.htm\nhttp://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110288218598521%20HowCanIReduce%20HBP.pdf\nhttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/\nGood luck with it!
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You need to discuss this with your doctor.  Bone marrow cellularity is based on the percentage deviation from age-matched controls of normal marrow elements.  So, there are no charts with normal levels.  The info will come along with the results from the lab directly to your doctor.  Sorry, I couldn't be of more help.
840480
For the most part research is geared toward men and most IQ tests can be a little gender biased. For that matter- so is our school system...Boys are socialized to be smarter and better in things like math and science and girls are socialized to be nice and pretty.\n\nThere is no truth to this and people need to learn how to read research results with a critical eye. Like for years the research showed that African Americans had lower IQ's than caucasians. This is certainly not true and these results only happened because the IQ tests are created based on caucasion experiences.
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2.11.06\nToo Many Red Blood Cells?\n\nWhen you are told that you have too many red blood cells, it means that you are either suffering from a disease called Polycythaemia or a disease called Relative Erythrocytosis.\n\n1.- Polycythaemia is a disease where there is an increase  \n- in the red blood cell count\n- in hemoglobin\n- in the total red blood cell volume\n- in total blood volume\n\nThere are 2 types of Polycythaemia\n- primary polycythaemia due to red cell precursors in the bone marrow.\n- secondary polycythaemia not due to red cell precursors but due to \n- lung disease, \n- heart disease, \n- increased altitude, \n- defective haemoglobin, \n- benign and malignant lesions.\n__________________\n       \n2.- Relative Erythrocytosis \n- is a disease caused by fluid loss or decreased intake of fluid. \n- there is no increased blood volume in it.\n__________________\n\nPlease contact me if you need any further information.
999602
The average adult male has 9 pints of blood in his body.  If you were given the 7 units all at once very quickly, then you came very close to being fatally hypovolemic. If the 7 units were given to you over a long period of time to replenish what you were slowly losing due to the bleeder, then they could have just been 'topping you off'.
508684
i think so because your hormone levels are up higher than ours is
1151603
WBC = white blood count.\nYou may have a high number of white cells for a lot of different reasons - infection, stress, reaction to medication, or cancer.  If you were referred to a hematologist, your doctor may be concerned about leukemia.  Get it checked out.
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there is no direct relationship with the two, however is does not mean that both cannot be elevated, high blood pressure is caused by many different things , and something the cause high blood pressure may sometimes also be equated to having cause a higher hemo count. but  the two are not directly proportionate
316822
Men have a greater volume of blood flowing through their vascular system on average because they are larger than women.  However menstrual blood is the lining of the uterus that builds up over the course of a woman's monthly cycle and is not really comparable.  Besides, the amount of blood we lose each month is pretty minimal even though it seems like a lot.
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Medically it is not normal for neither boys nor girls. In case that happens medical consultation should be considered.\n\nP.S: the amount of bleeding & the duration are also of importance.
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Hct is the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells.  Conditions that raise it may be a chronic state of hypoxia, where the body grows more rbc's, such as high altitude, and lung problems, even sever dehydration.  Lower hct is typically anemia or bloodloss.
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I once worked in a clinical lab setting.  Actually, several of them and all of them were set up with a section for each type of testing. Checking on a person's white cell count, red blood cell count, platelet count, hemoglobin and hematocrit would fall under Hematology (the study of blood.)  You can also work in Blood Banking doing blood typing and cross matching for patients that require blood transfusions.  If you like to determine what patient's blood sugars, cholesterol, liver enzymes, heart enzymes and other such tests are, then you would work in Blood Chemistry.  Toxicology is the study of toxic or poisonous drugs (incl. illegal drugs) in the system.  Most lab technicians are trained to work in all areas so they can be utilized more efficiently in the hospital or clinical setting.  What you would want to do is get your degree and get Certified as a Clinical Laboratory Technician (ASCP or something like that.)  I would talk to my college counselor who should be able to give you more information on this career.  You will love it!
34811
the tendancy to hurt others is higher in males than in females, so yes.
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Leukemia is an abnormal increase in whiteblood cells.\nBut there is not enough white blood cells that actually fight infection\nUsually accompanied by fatigue and weakness and anemia\n\nA good explanation from a site:\n\nIn a healthy person, the bone marrow makes the blood-forming cells that turn into the white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets in the blood. An ALL patient's marrow makes too many blast cells (immature white blood cells). These blast cells should turn into the white blood cells called lymphocytes, but they do not. So many blast cells grow that the marrow does not have room to make the normal red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. This causes these symptoms of ALL:\n\n\nAnemia -- feeling tired, short of breath and looking pale, caused by too few red blood cells \nBruising easily and having cuts that heal slowly or not at all, caused by too few platelets \nHaving frequent infections, especially of the skin or ear, caused by too few normal white blood cells
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white cells high = infection or some diseases....bleeding where???  How would you know your platelet count is high?  Do you see clots???Are you a hemophiliac?  Do you take factor 8?  Do you mean your clotting times PT/PTT are too high???  not enough info
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Slightly higher for females than males. They said the ratio was 1.2