Understanding blood test results?!
Question: Okay I just got my blood test results back but the doctor wasn't there to see it.
And i just need assurance really.
I examined the results and the abnormalities are as follow:
MCH is 26.7pg while it should be 27.6-33.3
MCHC is 324g/L while it should be 330-348
and Plt is 492H x10^9/L while it shoud be 140-450
So any doctor/nurse/med student etc who can explain them to me will get best answer..
thanx =]
Answers: Okay I just got my blood test results back but the doctor wasn't there to see it.
And i just need assurance really.
I examined the results and the abnormalities are as follow:
MCH is 26.7pg while it should be 27.6-33.3
MCHC is 324g/L while it should be 330-348
and Plt is 492H x10^9/L while it shoud be 140-450
So any doctor/nurse/med student etc who can explain them to me will get best answer..
thanx =]
I'm a nurse. The lab results you have provided are not seriously off and are not likely cause for any major concern, but there may be other information you don't give here. Age, gender, medical conditions, recent illness, etc., etc., would all be things your doctor would know and incorporate into his/her evaluation of your lab results. I don't expect you to communicate everything in a public forum.
Please realize that lab norms vary from lab to lab. The site below has different norms, but you will get the idea from scanning the entire site.
im not a doctor, but here is what ive found....
MCH-
The mean corpuscular hemoglobin, or "mean cell hemoglobin" (MCH), is a measure of the mass of hemoglobin contained by a red blood cell. It is reported as part of a standard complete blood count. It is diminished in microcytic anemias, and increased in macrocytic anemias. It is calculated by dividing the total mass of hemoglobin by the RBC count. MCH=Hgb/RBC
A normal value in humans is 26.3 to 33.8 picograms/cell
MCHC-
The mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, or MCHC, is a measure of the concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of packed red blood cell. It is reported as part of a standard complete blood count. It is diminished ("hypochromic") in microcytic anemias, and normal ("normochromic") in macrocytic anemias (due to larger cell size, though the haemoglobin amount or MCH is high, the concentration remains normal). MCHC is elevated in hereditary spherocytosis.It is calculated by dividing the hemoglobin by the hematocrit
A normal value is 32 to 36 g/dl
and plt means platelet and that helps control bleeding by causing the blood to clot
So it looks like you might have anemia... sorry im not a doctor but I can research pretty well.... im in college for nursing right now....
here is a website that will tell you about anemia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemia
Wishing you the best sweetie!
MCH is low, MCHC is low, Plt is high. Having said that it depends on age and as they are only a few points either side are nothing to worry about. I had had white cell counts as high as 24%, norm being 8-11% and I am still alive, have Rheumatoid Arthritis, but still alive. Good Luck