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Test What Does This

Test Do?

What Clues Does It

Reveal About

Possible Anemia?

Red blood cell (RBC),

white blood cell (WBC),

and platelet count

Counts all the RBCs,

WBCs, and platelets in a

sample o blood! "ives

ino#mation about the

si$e, shape, and ph%sical

cha#acte#istics o the

blood cells.

A lowe# than no#mal

numbe# o RBCs

su&&ests anemia!

'peciic chan&es in

numbe#, si$e, o# shape!

point to whethe# the

anemia is

caused b% less

p#oduction, mo#e

dest#uction, o# loss o

RBCsemo&lobin easu#es the amount o

o*%&en+ca##%in& p#otein

in the blood!

A low level o

hemo&lobin points to

diseases (such as i#on+

deicienc% anemia) that

usuall% cause the bod%

to mae too ew RBCs

ematoc#it easu#es how much

space RBCs tae up in

%ou# blood!

A low hematoc#it level

points to anemia! An

abno#mal hematoc#itlevel also ma% be a si&n

o a blood o# bone

ma##ow diso#de#!

ean co#puscula#

volume (C-)

easu#es the ave#a&e

si$e o RBCs

RBC si$e &ives a clue to

the t%pe o anemia!

.a#&e# than no#mal

RBCs ma% su&&est

pe#nicious anemia

caused b% vitamin B/0

o# olate

deicienc%! 'malle# than

no#mal RBCs su&&est

i#on+deicienc% anemia

o# thalassemia (a #a#e,

inhe#ited anemia)!

ean co#puscula#

emo&lobin (C)

Calculates the ave#a&e

amount o o*%&en+

ca##%in& hemo&lobin

inside an RBC!

i##o#s C- #esults1

.a#&e# than

no#mal RBCs have

mo#e o*%&en+ca##%in& hemo&lobin2

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smalle# than

no#mal RBCs oten

have less

ean co#puscula#

emo&lobin

concent#ation (CC)

Calculates ave#a&e

concent#ation o

hemo&lobin inside an

RBC!

Abno#mal values ma%

oe# clues to

the t%pe o anemia o#

othe# possible

conditions

Red cell dist#ibution

width

Calculates the die#ence

in si$e o RBCs

Amount o die#ence in

si$e ma% su&&est the

bod% is t#%in& to mae

new RBCs to co##ect the

anemia o# ma% su&&est

a cause o# the anemia!

Blood smea# 'hows si$e, shape, and numbe#o RBCs, WBCs, and

platelets! 3sed when

complete blood count

#esults a#e abno#mal

The p#esence o abno#mal o# immatu#e

blood cells can point to

possible causes o# the

anemia!

Reticuloc%te count easu#es the numbe# o

%oun& RBCs in the

blood! 'hows whethe#

the bone ma##ow is

main& enou&h RBCs at

the co##ect #ate o# at a

hi&he# #ate in an

app#op#iate #esponse to

the anemia

A ma#edl% hi&he#

#eticuloc%te count ma%

point to hemol%tic

anemia! A

lowe# #eticuloc%te count

can point to i#on+

deicienc% anemia,

pe#nicious

anemia, aplastic anemia,

o# othe#

anemias caused b%

#educed RBC

p#oduction!

'e#um i#on easu#es the total

amount o i#on in theblood!

Abno#mal #esults on

these tests can point toi#on+deicienc% anemia!

Total i#on+bindin&

Capacit% (TIBC)

easu#es the total

amount o i#on that can

be bound b% t#anse##in

Abno#mal #esults on

these tests can point to

i#on+deicienc% anemia!

T#anse##in satu#ation 'hows the pe#centa&e o

t#anse##in that is

satu#ated with i#on! It is

calculated usin& #esults

o se#um i#on,

Abno#mal #esults on

these tests can point to

i#on+deicienc% anemia

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TIBC, and 3IBC tests

'e#um e##itin .oos o# antibodies

di#ected a&ainst RBCs

A positive #esult points

to the p#esence o

antibodies (p#oteins

made b% the immune

s%stem)! These #esults

can point to hemol%tic

anemia