For Adult Men

Worksheet - For Tracking Your Own Blood's Health  WHY?

... and more to test for

  RBC HGB

Hemoglobin

HCT

Hematocrit

WBC

PTL

Albumin

Blood in Urine?

Backache?

How are your kidneys?

MCV  Mean Cell Volume

a special test -

dizzy? fainting?

 PSA * (prostate

Normal Ranges
4.56-6.0
4.7-6.1
4.36-5.36
13-18
14-18
 13.3-17.7
40-50
42-52
40-54

4.5-10.8

150-450

3.5-5.0

     
Before 1989

 

                 
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Fatigue?  Idiopathic Anemia?

Chart for lab's thorough blood tests  

Tired and help?

One calculation that is very important is the absolute cell count.

Often the first symptom of MCL is an above normal lymphocyte count,

which is discovered in a routine blood test.

 

"Normal blood counts are difficult to state as they vary with the age and sex of the patient 

as well as where they live. Higher values are usually seen in people who live at higher elevations. 

The reference ranges for each test will be printed on the laboratory report form and will be specific to your locale."  However, it is to some degree subjective, given the mobility of our society.

More blood info

Fainting?

ONLY BORDERLINE NORMAL?

Tired? But Blood Tests OK?  2-12-08

 

Askinq Questions of oncologists - hematologists - urologists

Ask your doctor to have the lab do a CBC  (complete blood counts) 

that gives the basic info (first 5 above) plus type of white blood cells....

It will give an indication of whether you may have been affected 

by the oil or by the chemicals .... or both.... or neither.... 

but borderline might not mean OK.  

Machines do most of these tests now a-days, 

so especially ask the lab technician to comment on how the red blood cells look.

These people need MORE HELP!

Ask the lab technician to also check the reticulocyte count.

 

Have you been checked for Blood in Urine?

In addition to hemolysis and anemia, coagulation and immunity should be investigated.

More Blood Info   Do you have some of these symptoms?  

Please request the information for doctors and their patients who've worked with oil or chemicals containing 2-butoxyethanol  (oil spill cleanup, painting business, etc) and something doesn't look right with your blood.

Get yourself checked out.  Think about the future!

May 5, 2003  Anemic?  What Kind of Anemia?                            Women's Chart

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