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What Does My Blood Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2016

Question: my last blood work indicated the following:

WBC 3.3
RBC 3.88
Hemoglobin 131
hematocrit .43
MCV 101
MCH 34
MCHC 334
RDW 13.1
Platelets 223

I am Canadian. What is your opinion?

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
rule out vitamin B12 or folate deficiency

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

There is nothing extremely abnormal in this report. The white cells are bit low with MCV on the higher side. So we need to rule out vitamin B12 or folate deficiency. If these are normal in blood then nothing to worry, we can just follow your blood reports over time.

This is provided you do not have any other symptoms. If you have any symptoms then further investigations may be needed.

Hope this helps.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Indranil Ghosh (12 minutes later)

What do you mean by symptoms? I do not have any. I am a very active individual.

Thank You.

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
symptoms mean problems faced by you

Detailed Answer:
Like fatigue, weight loss, fever, etc. Good thing is that you don't have any. So nothing to worry based on these reports.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar