MCH = mean corpuscular hemoglobin, the amount of hemoglobin in an average blood cell. In other words, red blood cells are being produced, but hemoglobin is not enough to get the normal size.Ģ. Your low MCV level is indicating that the average size of red blood cells is small. MCV = mean corpuscular volume, is indicating the volume of red cells in a specimen. However, all other parameters are indicating that anemia is still present.ġ. I am very glad to know that your hemoglobin was improving from last time. I have donated blood since I was around 20 and those were the values I had when the person doing the screening got over the last 28 years or so. MY question to you is with low MCV MCH MCHC and high RDW is it likely once I get my Hemoglobin and Hematocrit back to what they were before I developed anemia will the RDW MCCH MCV and MCH return to normal also ? My Hemoglobin was typically 14 - 15 and my hematocrit was around 42 - 44.
The hematology doctor told me to keep doing what I am doing. He also suffered from severe Rheumatoid arthritis which lead to severe ulcers from the treatment for it.
He was a heavy smoker ( camel non filters ) and heavy coffee drinker ( Cream with 2 or 3 spoons of white sugar ). Thalassemia has never been in my family but my father did suffer from iron deficiency Anemia later in his life which indicates to me I have that trait also. But my MCH MCHC MCV were well low and my RDW was way high. The Hematocrit was 39.5 and my hemoglobin was 12.5. But a quick check on the numbers which they gave me before I left was hopeful that my hemoglobin / hematocrit problem is abating. Yesterday I went to the hematologist and he drew quite a bit of blood for what I would think quite an array of testing. Could be my age is catching up to me but there is definitely a blood thing that also might be compounding the fatigue. 21 inches of snow fell today and I used a shovel to clear the driveway and walkways. I do become fatigued a bit quicker than a few years ago. Would a third blood test be the way to go and would it be a prudent step to have a hematologist examine it? I feel fine. With as long as I have been taking Iron supplements - 2 1/2 moths and eating iron specific foods and still getting bad hematocrit levels when I try to donate blood, it is frustrating. I am thinking to go to a hematologist to get a complete blood test and talk to him or her about what could be happening.
He also suffered from Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. Never knew what the Iron problem was with him but I knew he was on some type of iron supplement. In the Second test those 5 things were the only levels tested - My father had a low iron and High blood pressure problem also but he smoked since he was 14. The Second blood test o showed that my TIBC was still high and my Iron, transferrin saturation, folate and B12 were all in normal ranges. The Second blood test was done by the doctor who performed the colonoscopy and endoscopy and although the test indicated no bleeding The doctor told me I had acid reflux damage, ( barrets esophagus ) on my esophagus an did a biopsy to check for cancer which was negative for any cancer cells. There was another level that was high but the copy they sent is missing the first letter or 2 and just states D and was 18% and normal level is 12.3% to 15.4% All my other levels were normal most notably B12, folate and platelets. It indicated low Hematocrit with all other things related low also : ferritin serum very low - 5, iron serum 19, iron saturation 4, and my MCH 21, MCV 72, MCHC, 29 were all low but not quite as severe as the those 3 levels mentioned first, and my TIBC was high 406.
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