Any thought as to why ? ? ?

[Jillymo]

I have just received my blood results taken last week when I saw the endocrinologist.....

Mean cell heamoglobin conc, blood 313 g/L Low 😗

I cant help but wonder why considering I am prescribed folic acid plus I take gentle iron. I had a full blood count done when I saw the reumatologist but as yet not received the results to compare. I shall try and chase them up tomorrow. 📞

At present I am still waiting for the gastro biopsie results 8 weeks after the proceedure !

I spend most of my time chasing these people. 😡

[Sleepybunny]

Not sure why Jillymo.

Have you had a full set of iron tests?

labtestsonline.org.uk/tests...

Full Blood Count

labtestsonline.org.uk/tests...

[Jillymo in reply to Sleepybunny]

Yes they carried out a full blood count.

I shall chase the bloods the reumy did and compare.

[BeachArt]

Have you had a full iron panel done?Do you SI? If so, how often? I had low normal ferritin when I first started to SI. I was taking gentle iron at the time, but it continued to get lower and lower, until I was prescribed iron tablets by my GP. As my body was busy making new, healthy, red blood cells (due to the B12 injections) there was a need for more iron than the gentle iron was offering.

[Jillymo in reply to BeachArt]

I also take gentle iron and at present inject twice a day.

I have antiphospholipid syndrome so have sent the results to my heamatologist.

I am wondering if I have an absorbtion problem. 🤔

[BeachArt in reply to Jillymo]

Like I said, for me, gentle iron did nothing for me. I had to have prescribed iron tablets from my GP.

[Jillymo in reply to BeachArt]

I am not able to tolerate the prescribed iron due to it constipating hence having to taking the easy iron due to bowel issues.

[FlipperTD]

Scientist, not medic. Often in error, but never in doubt...

So your MCHC has come back low? Firstly, ignore it, as it's not the most useful bit of information we produce nowadays and it's more prone to artefact.

Look at your report and see what the MCH is doing. Has that changed from last time? Is it still in range? While we're at it, what's your MCV doing? Has that changed?

I don't know where your FBC has been performed, or what it's been performed on, but ocne upon a time before all of the multi-parameter analysers, the MCHC was the only thing we could produce, from the Hb and the Hct; that's as good as it got. However, when the 'March of the Machines' started, we had access to loads more numbers, and the MCHC had lost some of its value, whereas others were more valuable. Some makes of analyser were even worse, but I'll leave it at that. Some labs no longer report the MCHC because of it's lost value.

[Jillymo in reply to FlipperTD]

This is the second page ? Looks like I have a problem with my gonads. 🤔I wasn't aware I had any. 🤣

This is a little clearer

[Ghound in reply to Jillymo]

Oh these days we can identify as having gonads whenever we want 🤣

[Jillymo in reply to Ghound]

I have more 🏀s than some. 🤣

[Ghound in reply to Jillymo]

We certaily need them when dealing with the medical profession !! 🙄

[FlipperTD in reply to Jillymo]

Oh dear, this is outside my speciality! Sorry.

[Ghound in reply to FlipperTD]

🤣 x

[Jillymo]

Take a look for me please FlipperTD.

Not very clear but the best I can do.

[FlipperTD in reply to Jillymo]

It's the old 'if you measure enough things you're bound to find somehting out of range.' That's what's happened. Don't worry about it. If they'd run the same sample a second time it would probably have come out in range! It's all fine.

Stay well, and keep active.

[Jillymo in reply to FlipperTD]

Thanks for your input it is appreciated. No need to worry about my gonads of which I wasn't aware I had !

Bless you