Hi there,
My 15-year-old sister is dealing with anemia. She had her first blood draw back in February, where her iron levels were sitting at 2.1 and her hemoglobin was slightly low. She was prescribed 100 mg of Ferrous supplement and took it for a month. She just had more blood work done yesterday, and here are the results:
RBC 4.30 (4.07-5.42)
Hemoglobin 99 (118-149)
Hematocrit 0.313 (0.354-0.450)
MCV 72.8 (76.5-92.1)
MCH 23.0 (24.3-31.5)
MCHC 316 (304-360)
RDW 20.300 (11.600-14.300)
Platelets 370 (178-420)
MPV 10.5 (7.0-10.4)
WBC 4.8 (4.4-11.6)
Eos. granulocytes 1.0 (0-9)
Neu. granulocytes 65.0 (34-69)
Lymphocytes 27.0 (19-52)
Monocytes 7.0 (5-13)
Sedimentation 7 (2-20)
Glucose 6.12 (3.90-5.90)
Creatinine 46 (40-72)
Iron 2.3 (6.0-31.0)
The urinalysis showed 6-8 leukocytes, along with quite a few squamous epithelial cells and bacteria.
She’s been referred to a hematologist, obviously, but I’m wondering if this blood count could be directly caused by the iron deficiency? Also, does it matter that she came down with a cold two days later? I'm curious if that might have skewed the results.
Thanks in advance. 🙂
My 15-year-old sister is dealing with anemia. She had her first blood draw back in February, where her iron levels were sitting at 2.1 and her hemoglobin was slightly low. She was prescribed 100 mg of Ferrous supplement and took it for a month. She just had more blood work done yesterday, and here are the results:
RBC 4.30 (4.07-5.42)
Hemoglobin 99 (118-149)
Hematocrit 0.313 (0.354-0.450)
MCV 72.8 (76.5-92.1)
MCH 23.0 (24.3-31.5)
MCHC 316 (304-360)
RDW 20.300 (11.600-14.300)
Platelets 370 (178-420)
MPV 10.5 (7.0-10.4)
WBC 4.8 (4.4-11.6)
Eos. granulocytes 1.0 (0-9)
Neu. granulocytes 65.0 (34-69)
Lymphocytes 27.0 (19-52)
Monocytes 7.0 (5-13)
Sedimentation 7 (2-20)
Glucose 6.12 (3.90-5.90)
Creatinine 46 (40-72)
Iron 2.3 (6.0-31.0)
The urinalysis showed 6-8 leukocytes, along with quite a few squamous epithelial cells and bacteria.
She’s been referred to a hematologist, obviously, but I’m wondering if this blood count could be directly caused by the iron deficiency? Also, does it matter that she came down with a cold two days later? I'm curious if that might have skewed the results.
Thanks in advance. 🙂