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What Causes Thick And Dark Brown Cloloured Blood?

While I was having blood test recently, I noticed also the nurse that the flow into the test tube was slow also thick and very dark brown in clolour, I wonder what is the problem or any defficiency?

I know currently Ferritin is quite low: 12 : normal is (30 - 400 )

Thank you
George
Thu, 10 Apr 2014
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HI,
actually blood becomes thick and slughish in the case of polycythemia where red blood cell count ig increased well wbove its normal value.
but it may be your subjective observation ,i would suggest you to go for some test like red blood cell count estimation, hemoglobin estimstion, total and differential leucocyte count, ESR, MCV, MCHC, MCH, platelets count, serrum ferritin, total iron binding capacity, reticulocyte count and meet a physicin with the test report.
i hope this will wash out all your confussion.
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What Causes Thick And Dark Brown Cloloured Blood?

HI, actually blood becomes thick and slughish in the case of polycythemia where red blood cell count ig increased well wbove its normal value. but it may be your subjective observation ,i would suggest you to go for some test like red blood cell count estimation, hemoglobin estimstion, total and differential leucocyte count, ESR, MCV, MCHC, MCH, platelets count, serrum ferritin, total iron binding capacity, reticulocyte count and meet a physicin with the test report. i hope this will wash out all your confussion.