Complete Blood Count Test and Cancer...?!
Question: I had a CBC done a month ago and everything was great... I am having some lung issues and my Dr wants to me have an xray done to check for pnuemonia and "other things" . I am getting nervous... well I AM nervous...
Would cancer show up on a CBC that I had just a month ago??
Blessings~
Answers: I had a CBC done a month ago and everything was great... I am having some lung issues and my Dr wants to me have an xray done to check for pnuemonia and "other things" . I am getting nervous... well I AM nervous...
Would cancer show up on a CBC that I had just a month ago??
Blessings~
No cancer would not, but other symptoms could. Your doctor is doing the right thing, because even if you don't have anything cancerous, you may have something like plueraci(plural effusion), which could turn into pnuemonia.
cancer wont show up, but an increased white blood cell count will show up and if there is one that might be an indicator of some type of infection
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Not necessarily and not usually on it's own. Usually an analysis of other symptoms along with a range of blood tests may confirm that there is something not quite right, which may require further detailed tests and evaluations. For instance a Full Blood Count test gives a lot of information, which in conjunction with other symptoms may establish the need for more specific tests that could identify the particular ailment more precisely.
FBC measures include;
- the amount of haemoglobin in the blood;
- the number of red blood cells (red cell count);
- the percentage of blood cells as a proportion of the total
blood volume (haematocrit or packed cell volume);
- the volume of red blood cells (mean cell volume);
- the average amount of haemoglobin in the red blood cells (known as mean cell haemoglobin);
- the number of white blood cells (white cell count);
- the percentages of the different types of white blood cells (leucocyte differential count); and
- the number of platelets.