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Reply: Cancer removed from Kidney- Questions

anon There are no guarantees when it comes to cancer. When they say they got it all it means...

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Reply: Help - Mom Anemic, referred to oncologist, CBC Res...

Connie The nurse should have access to the Doctors notes. The notes would state the reason...

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Connie
The nurse should have access to the Doctors notes. The notes would state the reason for the visit to the oncologist--more than just anemia. It should give what he suspects, The doctor is sending her to the oncologist to confirm or eliminate what he suspects.
A diagnosis cannot be made on the above results only. For instance the platelet count is normal but are they functional. Is your mom taking medication that affects platelet function.--The platelet initiates clotting to stop you from bleeding. The red cells are normal in size according to the MCV. The RDW tells me the red cells are normal. According to the RBC your mother has a low red cell count. The function of the red blood cell is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues where the oxygen is released. The rbc also picks up the carbon dioxide and returns it to the lungs it also buffers the pH of the blood.According to the results above her hgb is low. Hgb is the major component of the red blood cell it is what the oxygen attatches to so it can be taken to the tissues. The HCT is the amount red blood cells to plasma.. Blood consists of Plasma the liquid portion, White blood cells used to fight infections. platelets start the clotting process. There are 2 sets of numbers for the differential--absolute and percentage. The percentage is taken by counting 100 cells. The absolute is taking the percentage number and multiplying it by the white blood cell count. Even though the percentage appears to be normal the absolute is low for the lymphocytes. Lymphocytes respond to viral infections, Neutrophils respond to bacterial infections, Eosinsophils respond to allergens and parasitic infections, basophils respond to lead poisoning and diseases such as leukemia
Monocytes float through the body phagocytose foreign particles and also assist the lymphocyte in mounting an immune response.
I wonder if the tech performing the cbc had a flag on the analyzer and did he/she make a slide from her blood and review it
. I am sorry I could not give you the answer you wanted. I hope what information I was able to give you helped you understand the test
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shylori1 Your father was proboably (SP) in the severe copd catagory. Also there was a...

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shylori1 There are 4 stages at risk mild copd moderate copd severe copd AT RISK breathing...

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shylori1 I'm sorry your father is no longer with us. What other questions do you have? I will...

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