Strange Blood Test Results Posted: 07-22-07 13:34pm
Hi! I have just had a routine blood test
and the results are very strange: RBC
count: 7.04 mil!!!, MCV: 54fl!!!, HGB:
12.2g, HCT:37.9%, MCH: 17.3 pg!!!,
RDWcv:17.4%, normal platelet and WBC
counts, and everything else measured
normal except a lower calcium. In this
test there were NO Iron measurement or the
other substances like feritin and so
on...Of course these will be measured in
the following tests. But I am very anxious
by now what this could be, because my
doctor seems very confused, and I read all
I could read in the medical books, and on
the Internet, but couldn't find a disease
with such strange combination of values. I
was always considered anemic and was
'weaker' and thiner than the average
males, but hadn't a RBC count since
childhood, now I'm 27 but the last time I
had such a test was 11 years ago, but at
that time only these values were measured
RBC count: 3.75 mil., HGB: 11g. and told
to eat food with many Iron, that was all.
In my childhood I always had low
hemoglobin, but also low RBC count, not
like now,very high. So could someone have
an idea what this could be? Obviously I
seem to have microcytic RBC, but why are
they so many? If it were iron deficiency
shouldn't they be in low number? I don’t
live at high altitude, in the family there
are no strange diseases like
hemoglobinopathies or sideroblastic anemia
and I don't feel worse, only the same
weakeness since I know myself, neither
have no other serious diseases (at least I
don't know) only a cronic rhinitis ( I
cannot breath well on my nose, and when I
wake up I'm always with open and dry
mouth) and my doctor says that this could
lead to hipoxemia ( especially beacuse
this test was very early in the morning),
and this combined with iron deficiency
could give these results. I would be very
grateful if you have some ideas, of course
as I said...there will be further
investigations but until then I am VERY
anxious, because in my country, especially
now that many medical staff are in
vacantion, these tests are 'moving' very
slow, if you know what I mean .
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