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Thanks for the comment and suggestions! I have a few videos on lab interpretation already - mostly on individual electrolyte abnormalities, but also ones on the interpretation of LFTs (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9iii6yF0N_GYpc.html&) and the UA (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rruAY9d7tdOYhmg.html), both of which I was pretty happy with. A video on the iron panel will be posted next week (around Wed +/- a day).

Strong Medicine I was gonna request for iron studies and you already have it coming. Thanks.

You may want to consider checking your ferritin level it gives a better picture of your current iron storage

So what did your gp say?

Mch is amount mchc is concentration of Hb

Thanks for the feedback. I just listened to the video again to make sure I didn't misspeak. I say that the # of RBCs is the value with limited importance, not the hematocrit. Also, that typically either the hematocrit or hemoglobin is reported on rounds - there is little reason to discuss both since they almost always trend in the same direction and by the same relative magnitude. Polycythemia vera is usually diagnosed based on elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit. I'm not a hematologist, but I have not personally seen the RBC count used as a major, independent criteria for the diagnosis (though doing so does not seem unreasonable).

2:40 Im saying this because i had an issue with increased hb and hct... And i got tested for Jak2 exon ... Ps - great job otherwise

Heart Failure

Yes, some day... I wish I could estimate when!

I've made a whole series on anemia that's rolling out tomorrow!

I'm sorry, but I can't offer specific, individualized medical advice here. I recommend speaking with your physician about your health concerns.

I have a whole series on the diagnostic approach to anemia, which would include low hemoglobin, low hematocrit, and low MCV. Restoring them to normal depends on what the underlying cause is. There are many many causes of abnormal RBC indices - I recommend asking your primary care physician about your concerns re: your own test results.

Mean corpuscular volume in fL (MCV) = (Hct / RBC in million/microL) x 10. If the Hct is low, but RBC is normal, it just means that the MCV is low (i.e. the RBCs are unusually small), from something like thalassemia or iron deficiency.

Thanks for your interest. However, I'm very sorry, but I haven't provided my PPT files on request for years after catching far too many people (including university professors!) blatantly plagiarizing them.

No clinician pays attention to the literal red blood cell count as measured in cells per unit volume. If there was a concern for hyperviscosity, the hemoglobin or hematocrit are the parameters of interest.

@@StrongMed thank you Dr.for your prompt reply....i truly appreciate it. what i understood from your reply is that even with elevated RBC count if the hemoglobin and hematocrit are within normal range there is nothing to worry about. Did i get it right?

@@tonydebaka3967 The MCV (or mean volume of each RBC) is equal to the hematocrit divided by the RBC count, times 10. So if the hematocrit was normal, but the RBC count was elevated, it would suggest that the MCV might be unusually low. This wouldn't put one at risk from blood clots, but would suggest the *possibility* of an underlying condition that causes red blood cells to be abnormally small - most commonly iron deficiency or a genetic disease called thalessemia.

Why what?