Blood Count (CBC)

Your red cells, white cells and platelets, the CBC that sits under most panels.

1 condition1 guide42 markers

Conditions

ConditionsAnemia: what a low hemoglobin means and how the cause is foundA low hemoglobin confirms anemia; it does not explain it. Red-cell size (MCV) points to the cause, from iron deficiency to a B12 shortage, and the cause is what gets treated.Read

Guides

LearnYour CBC blood test, explainedA complete blood count is three separate readouts on one page: red cells for oxygen, white cells for infection, platelets for clotting. Each answers its own question, so you read it line by line.Read

Markers

ANCAbsolute Neutrophil Count BNBand Neutrophils BNABand Neutrophils BASBasophils BABasophils EOSEosinophils EAEosinophils ESRErythrocyte Sedimentation Rate FRCFragmented Red Cells HEMHematocrit HEMHemoglobin HRCHypochromic Red Cells IGImmature Granulocytes IGAImmature Granulocytes IRFImmature Reticulocyte Fraction LUCLarge Unstained Cells LUCALarge Unstained Cells LYMLymphocytes LALymphocytes MCHMean Corpuscular Hemoglobin MCHCMean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration MCVMean Corpuscular Volume MPVMean Platelet Volume MRVMean Reticulocyte Volume MONMonocytes MAMonocytes NEUNeutrophils NANeutrophils NRBCNucleated Red Blood Cells NRBCNucleated Red Blood Cells PLAPlatelet Count PDWPlatelet Distribution Width PLCPlatelet Large Cell Ratio PLAPlateletcrit RBCRed Blood Cell Count CVRed Cell Distribution Width SDRed Cell Distribution Width RETReticulocyte Count RAReticulocyte Count RHCReticulocyte Hemoglobin Content RPIReticulocyte Production Index WBCWhite Blood Cell Count

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