Welcome to "MY Blood Explenation"! page, here you will
get explenations and information about the Blood Count components.
You will be able to understand each of the Blood Count component that
are writen on your Blood Count examination format.
From each of the components explenation you can use a link for more
information.
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Those are the small cells in your blood that are
acting like a small army.
There are 5 distinctly different kinds of White Blood Cells,
Neutrophils,
Monocytes,
Lymphocytes,
Eosinophils and
Basophils.
Some of the different kinds have the ability to change
with needs and situations in the body.
So, for example, there are different appearing monocytes
found in different tissues and different types of lymphocytes
with different roles in fighting infections.
These cells can also leave the blood stream...slide
out through the vessel walls and attack invaders at the site of the infection.
There job is to fight with
everything they identify as "non self". This task
itself is not very easy because the differences
between particles that are self to those that are
considered to be "strangers" are very slight.
The army of the WBC is very Trans and specialist in
different tasks.
There is a special sub group that
dies the identifying, and another one is making the
specific weapon against the specific non self
particle, and another one is attacking, and
so on and so forth.
the WBC are being prolific (growing in numbers),
in all kind of physiological and pathological reactions in the human body,
like an infection, an inflammation and an autoimmune disese.
The numbers of WBC are then increases in those situations and decreases
In an immune deficiency disease for example....
WBC max age is varied between few hours (in the blood streem) to
few weeks (in a specific tissue).
The normal range is:
Adult human has between 5,000 and 10,000 (cells per cubic millimeter (cmm)).
RBC are the blood transporter for the oxygen.
Actually the RBC is not carrying the oxygen directly.
It has this special carriage - that is called the
hemoglobin inside the RBC that is responsible for the
oxygen carrying.
The oxygen is going with the RBC in the blood to every
tissue in the body, and there the hemoglobin is
unpacking his oxygen capacity (as much as that tissue
needs at that specific moment) and carry on with the
blood stream.
So to know if we have enough oxygen in the blood we
can measure the amount of RBC that we have in the
blood.
RBC max age is 120 days.
The normal ranges are:
Adult man has between 4,500 and 6,300 (cells/cmm).
Adult woman has between 4,200 and 5,400 (cells/cmm).
Hemoglobin is the protein that carries the oxygen
in the blood.
he lies inside the RBC, and he is giving
every tissue the amount of oxygen that she needs for
her "work" in the second that he passes with the
blood stream near her.
Inside this protein there is one ion of iron that is
very important. Without it, the hemoglobin is
nonfunctional.
The amount of hemoglobin is influenced by the amount of RBC in the
blood, and by the amount of iron that the human
has in both his blood and his storage.
So, if you don't have or eat enough iron there is a
chance that the amount of hemoglobin in your blood will be
low.
There are a lot of other factors that are important like
the amount of b12, folic acid, and bleeding that you
experienced.
The amount of hemoglobin is also influenced by the sex (man
has more than woman), your weight, and for woman the
number of pregnancies, and the amount of bleeding in
the masturation.
as you understand this is a very important index - but
it is very sensitive to a lot of factors.
The normal ranges are:
Newborns: 17-22 (gram/deciliter)
One (1) week of age: 15-20 (gm/dl)
One (1) month of age: 11-15 (gm/dl)
Children: 11-13 (gm/dl)
Adult males: 14-18 (gm/dl)
Adult women: 12-16 (gm/dl)
Men after middle age: 12.4-14.9(gm/dl)
Women after middle age: 11.7-13.8(gm/dl)
The hematocrit is the proportion, by volume, of the blood
that consists of red blood cells.
The hematocrit (HCT) is expressed as a percentage.
For example, an hematocrit of 25% means that there are 25
milliliters of red blood cells in 100 milliliters of blood.
To understand this you have to
know that in the human blood there are a lot of
things, mainly fluid - that is calles PLASMA and in it
there are a lot of kinds of sugares proteins and
fatt. beside the fluid there are different kind of
cells there - the red blood cells (that are
responsible for the oxigen carrige), the white blood
cells that are the defence force of the body, and the
platlets are responsible for the clotting of the
blood.
when we want to see if there is enough fluid in the
blood as well as enough cells in it we are checking
the hematocrit that is the precentage of cells in the
total amount of fluid of blood that we drue.
when the hematocrit is high it means the person is
dehydrated and his body lacks fluid. that's why his
blood is more concentrated - with a higher HCR kevels.
The normal ranges for hematocrit are dependent on age and,
after adolescence, the sex of the individual, the normal ranges are:
Newborns: 55-68%
One (1) week of age: 47-65%
One (1) month of age: 37-49%
Three (3) months of age: 30-36%
One (1) year of age: 29-41%
Ten (10) years of age: 36-40%
Adult males: 42-54%
Adult women:38-46%
The average volume of a red blood cell.
This is a calculated value derived from the hematocrit and the red cell count
(The hematocrit is the ratio of the volume of red cells to the volume of
whole blood while the red cell count is the number of red blood cells in a volume of blood).
The MCV is a standard part of the complete blood count (CBC).
Checking the size of the RBC.
This size is giving us some information about the "well being" of
the red blood cell, and the amount of HGB in it as
well as her age, and a lot of other factors.
more important, it is giving us the hint that
something is not ok with the production or with the
distroiel of the RBC.
The normal range for the MVC is:
Adult human has between 86 - 98 (femtoliters).
This is the average amount of hemoglobin in the average RBC (Red Blood Cells).
The MCH is a calculated value derived from the measurement of hemoglobin
and the red cell count. (The hemoglobin value is the amount of hemoglobin
in a volume of blood while the red cell count is the number of red blood
cells in a volume of blood.).
The amount of the MCV will tell us if the production of the RBC is ok and if
all the products and materials of production are fine.
The normal range for the MCH is:
Adult human has between 27 - 32 (picogram).
MCHC - Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration
This is the average concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of blood.
The MCHC is a calculated value derived from the measurement of hemoglobin
and the hematocrit. (The hemoglobin value is the amount of hemoglobin in
a volume of blood while the hematocrit is the ratio of the volume of red
cells to the volume of whole blood.)The MCHC is a standard part of the complete blood count.
It is taking into concederation the amount
of RBC (Red Blood Cells) that are in the blood and not only the amount of
hemoglobin in total.
It gives us more information to
understand the specific pathology in the person's
blood.
The normal range for the MCHC is:
Adult human has between 32 - 36% (gram/decilitter).
Mean Platlet Volume - gives us an information
about the size of the Platlet.
The size of the Platlet will give us indication about
the platlet age (the maximum is 8
days) and her function.
Platelets are the smallest cell-like structures in the blood and
are important for blood clotting and plugging damaged blood vessels.
When the blood vessels are harmed and the blood is
coming out the platlets aggregate (joins) together
to produce some kind of a temporary bridge - so the
blood wont get out for more then few seconds.
The amount is very important and a lower amount can
tell us mainly two things - or that the production
is not sufficient, or that somewhere in the body
there is consumption (usage) of the platlets.
MPV: The normal adult human has between 7.4-10.4.
Platlet: The normal adult human has between 150,000 - 400,000 (per microliter).
