I was surprised to see only Hemoglobin (HGB) and Hematocrit (HCT) as the recommended tests in the Providence Lab of Anchorage, Alaska

Is this what your city's blood lab would recommend, too, or are they leaving something out?

If these things were 'out of whack' How would the doctor find out?

abnormal blood picture showing: Erythropenia
abnormal blood picture showing: Reticulocytosis
abnormal blood picture showing: Granulocytosis
abnormal blood picture showing: Leukocytosis
Fragility of Erythrocytes
Hematuria

The reason I want to know, is that many people are exposed to the same chemicals Gulf War I troops were - 2-butoxyethanol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether - that harm the red blood cells

Note source http://books.nap.edu/books/03090845...69.html#pagetop
What are the known sources of exposure to troops then? (& since the 1930s to now?) Since the medical profession isn't checking enough on red blood cells, these chemicals aren't getting the credit for the harm they do. Anybody tired, irritable & depressed all the time? That's what this chemical does, for starters

Your doctor can get in depth info on other organs affected & long term effects

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BraveRifles: Anemia with small red blood cells? Has anyone been told they are anemic not as in low number of red blood cells but the size of them? I am a Gulf War vet and have always been suspicious of any symptoms I have had. After a long bout with excessive fatigue I had blood work done, everything was normal but this.

Are Small Red Blood Cells Baby Red Blood Cells?
Or is something else going on? One man learned thru his young daughter's cancer that small red blood cells can be an indication of leukemia in children. Don't know what it means for adults. An absolute cell count is supposed to be part of a routine blood test, and it can give an indication of how you are doing, too.

But could the small blood cells be baby red blood cells? Were they normal shape?  One exposure gulf war vets had was to these solvents: 2-butoxyethanol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether. These are also pesticides and they are poisons. This chemical can cause all the symptoms of 'gulf war syndrome' and in particular the literature on the chemical says that it causes hemolytic anemia.

This is a mystery, because unless you are a blood specialist, it isn't easily findable by the groups of workers KNOWN to be exposed to this chemical : 1000 bioremediation workers of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup in Inipol EAP 22. (Oh, yes, and the US Coast Guard who monitored that whole experiment AND the US Navy on the USS Deluth and the USS Cleveland which handled the experimental Corexit, July, 1989 and on.)  More

Look at the disclosure for Corexit 9527 Does the military use it somewhere today? Shouldn't! Could be the cause of Navy SEABEES getting 'gulf war syndrome symptoms' from loading and unloading it on ships, or the cause of 'pneumonia' in the desert (pulmonary edema from ethylene oxide which could be there but not listed as one of the 'trace' ingredients), or the cause of higher than normal 'suicides' The central nervous system damage of too much exposure to 2-butoxyethanol can cause suicidal tendencies.

Some information suggests you could first have compensating hemolytic anemia in which the bone marrow compensates for the premature destruction of red blood cells, but these immature red blood cells are low functioning and thus your fatigue. Retic ratio may be the first step towards seeing if the ratio between mature and immature red blood cells is normal, or if something indicates otherwise.  (Why fatigue?)

One doctor shared that new red blood cells are large-sized. Hmm, but how is your iron? Maybe if they don't contain enough iron (needed to make red blood cells, by the way) they could be smaller sized. Doctors don't think that exposure to a chemical long years ago would have any of that chemical in your system. That is likely true; however, the harm done should be measurable. The blood is said to be damaged first and to underlie all the other harm it causes.   

I am so hopeful that doctors who understand these things will help you and the many others even in the general population who are harmed by this chemical. It is in many, many products and the public is not suspecting the serious harm it can cause.

Dear Maggie, Mother Margaret? Who am I?

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