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Do I have anemia, my symptoms and blood results

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samsam123
samsam123

Dear all,

I need your help in interpreting my blood results. My symptoms are extreme fatigue, dizziness , high pulse rate, unbalance, and lightheaded.

I did many tests and brain MRI and all normal. My doctor said nothing abnormal. But low MCV and MCH values drawn my attention whether I have anemia or not. The results are as follows:

WBC 3.78

RBC. 5.91

HGB. 13.9

HCT. 43.6

MCV. 73.8

MCH. 23.5

MCHC. 31.9

RDW-SD. 39.5

RDW-CV. 14.7

Also I had Ferritin and Iron tests as follows:

Ferritin. 63.8

Iron. 80

Thank you for your help.

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  • jenny19687
    jenny19687 samsam123

    Posted

    I am not a doctor. It's useful to see the labs ranges. It looks like you have small blood cells. This could be for a number of reasons. 

    Your ferritin is not clinically significant I.e. It's likely to be in range but could be the cause of your symptoms. 

    I think you could have iron deficeincy anemia with the lack of iron causing the smaller blood cells.

    Are you going to follow up with a doctor to repeat test plus also test b12 and folate?

     

    • samsam123
      samsam123 jenny19687

      Posted

      Thanks a lot for the information. Yes I think also that I have iron defficiency . I tried to take iron Tablets since a week (35 mg twice a day) and I noticed a slight improvement in the symptoms. The problem is that my doctor is not convinced that I have anemia. My B12 test was before 5 months and it was 580 and I think it is good. Do you mean folate ( B9) can cause anemia itself? I haven't checked it yet.

  • martin31040
    martin31040 samsam123

    Posted

    Hi, I have blood tests regular due to medication I take, I'll give you some normal ranges according to my record book from GP, white blood cell count is 4.0 to 11.0, haemoglobin 13.5 to 17.5 for a male adult, MCV 80 to 100, Ferritin I presume is the iron store measure which I think is 20 to 400, mine is 39, these measurements are in the UK, I don't recognise some of your other readings, if you look them up online it may tell you.

    • samsam123
      samsam123 martin31040

      Posted

      Thanks a lot for the information. Actually, my MV and MCH are below the normal range and Im afraid this causes an iron defficiency (small red blood cells) although HGB is in the normal range!
    • martin31040
      martin31040 samsam123

      Posted

      Hi, no, the ferritin measurement as far as I know is used to measure the store, mine is 39 which is in the normal range, 20 to 400 I think, and the blood iron measurement which mine is between 12 to 13.5 is low but that's because I have Rheumatoid arthritis so it never rises, I don't seem to have any issues at this level.

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