Normal blood test?

[No_fixed_abode]

Kind Folks

Here are some blood tests that I have got back having been told they were normal, as I don't understand them well, comments please:

Bob

Follow-up action: No Further Action

Clinical Information: feels tired and exhusted

Full blood count (424..)

Haemoglobin concentration (Xa96v)144 g/L [130.0 - 170.0]

Red blood cell count (426..)Below range4.35 10*12/L [4.5 - 6.5]

Below low reference limit

PCV0.417 [0.4 - 0.54]

Mean cell volume (42A..)96.0 fL [83.0 - 101.0]

Mean cell haemoglobin level (XE2pb)Above range33.2 pg [27.0 - 32.0]

Above high reference limit

Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (429..)346 g/L [315.0 - 360.0]

RDW12.8

Total white blood count (XaIdY)7.0 10*9/L [4.0 - 10.0]

Neutrophil count (42J..)4.91 10*9/L [2.0 - 7.0]

Percentage neutrophil count (XE2mP)70.1

Lymphocyte count (42M..)1.32 10*9/L [1.0 - 3.0]

Percentage lymphocyte count (XE2mQ)18.8

Monocyte count - observation (42N..)0.50 10*9/L [0.2 - 1.0]

Percentage monocyte count (XE2mR)7.1

Eosinophil count - observation (42K..)0.23 10*9/L [0.02 - 0.5]

Percentage eosinophil count (XaCJj)3.3

Basophil count (42L..)0.05 10*9/L [0.0 - 0.1]

Percentage basophil count (XE2mS)0.7

Platelet count - observation (42P..)194 10*9/L [150.0 - 400.0]

Mean platelet volume (42Z5.)8.8 fL

[Foggyme Administrator]

Hi No_fixed_abode

Red blood cell count (426..)Below range4.35 10*12/L [4.5 - 6.5] Below low reference limit - Low RBC can be indicative of iron, folate or B12 deficiency (can also be caused by dehydration...and other things too)

Mean cell haemoglobin level (XE2pb) Above range33.2 pg [27.0 - 32.0] Above high reference limit - Can indicate macrocytic (large red cell anaemia). Can also be raised in smokers or heavy drinkers (not saying that this applies to you 😉).

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[No_fixed_abode in reply to Foggyme]

Hey Foggyme

Thanks, and thought provoking! Dehydration can be possible on that morning, it was a fasting blood test taken around 11:00 and I really do not remember what I did that morning before the test... Drinking and smoking, mea culpa!

I just find it strange that I presented at the surgery saying I had all the symptoms of B12 deficiency and they did not think these results were important enough to mention as being out of whack! In fact, I would not have known at all if I had not requested the full results. And I have a blood test taken a month earlier but not then known to me or the surgery which show these same results but only just in range. Of course, the B12 test was normal (872), I had been supplementing heavily for a week prior to the bloods being taken.

Thanks for the response.

Bob