Did you know that the complete blood count test is performed by obtaining a few milliliters of blood sample directly from the patient? A complete blood count is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health. A complete blood count is a common blood test that's done to monitor a medical condition and medical treatment. A complete blood count gives enough information about the number and kinds of cells in the blood, especially red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. A complete blood count helps your doctor check for any symptoms, such as weakness,bruising or fatigue. It also helps him or her diagnose conditions, such as anemia which is a decrease in the amount of oxygen carrying substance found in red blood cells, infection, and many other disorders. A complete blood count test usually includes platelet count, white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, red blood cell indices, mean platelet volume and white blood cell types.
White blood cell count is an increase in fighting cells circulating in your blood. White blood cell count is also called leukocytosis. There are five major types of white blood cells which are neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, monocytes and basophils. White blood cell count varies from one medical practice to another. A count of more than 10,000 leukocytes in a microliter of blood in adults is generally considered a high white blood cell count. Abnormal test results are classified by numbers that are higher or lower 4,500 and 10,000 microliter. High white blood cell count in children varies with age and size. White blood cell count usually indicates a reaction to a drug which increases white blood cells production and an increased preparation of white blood cells to fight an ...
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...ive you information about the hemoglobin content and size of red blood cells. Abnormal values indicate that anemia is presence and what kind of anemia it is. The red blood cell indices measure the shape, size and physical characteristics of the red blood cells. There are three red blood cell indices which are mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular volume. Mean platelet volume is a machine calculated measurement of the average size of platelets found in blood and is typically included in blood test as part of the complete blood count. The volume of the platelets is calculated in femtoliter which ranges in between 7.5 fL to 11.5 fL. The blood differential test measures the percentage of every type of white blood cell that you have in your blood. It also reveals if there are any immature or abnormal cells.
Wallace Terry has collected a wide range of stories told by twenty black Vietnam veterans. The stories are varied based on each experience; from the horrific to the heart breaking and to the glorified image of Vietnam depicted by Hollywood. Wallace Terry does not insinuate his opinion into any of the stories so that the audience can feel as if they are having a conversation with the Vietnam Veteran himself. Terry introduces the purpose of the book by stating, “ Among the 20 men who portray their war and postwar experiences in this book. I sought a representative cross section of the black combat force.”(p. XV) Although the stories in this book were not told in any specific order, many themes became prominent throughout the novel such as religion, social, and health.
Racism, a plague in our society that has infected our society, and still does today, has been rooted by the premise of Darwinian evolution. Racism existed long before Charles Darwin made his mark in history; however, in the book One Race One Blood, the authors explain how there is a very close relationship between the theory of evolution and what we know today as racism. The authors intent of this book is to realize the effects of a specific ideas that has shaped racism. Mr. Ken Ham describes ideas as being seeds, “…they might seem small; they might seem insignificant; they might even go unnoticed by all expect those who hold them in the moment…” (7). Charles Darwin’s idea (or seeds) of his evolutionary has taken root and made its way into public schools, the government, and even our churches. Although, racism did not originate with Darwin, Ken Ham claims that, “he did more than any other person to popularize it” (22). His evolutionary ideas have fueled racism and this is what racists use to justify their hatred toward those who are different from them (8).
A complete blood count was done for this patient upon admission in order to give a baseline to help guide his care. The blood count was also done to show how his hematological system was affected by the trauma that he suffered in the motor vehicle accident he was in. If the patient was hemodynamically unstable, he may have needed blood transfusions to bring his blood counts up. White blood cells could help to tell is the patient has an infection in his surgical wound. The patient also underwent surgery to correct the injury to his spine, causing more blood to be lost in the process. The platelet, hemoglobin, and hematocrit counts could help to show in the future if the patient is suffering from internal bleeding after the surgery he had.
Before WWI, the practice of medicine was far from how it has developed into today. The practice was not advanced, and therefore, had few concrete methods. However, with the beginning of the First World War, there was a great push to improve these methods. Although the war caused much illness and death, it also catalyzed many improvements such as blood transfusions, x-rays, vaccines, and sanitation.
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The emphasis on health and fitness has become paramount in our society today in an effort to prevent and combat diseases such as Cancers. Cancers are a group of over 100 diseases that affects every aspect of the human system from skin, to bones, to muscles, to blood. One of the most common blood disorders is Leukemia. As defined by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow. The bone marrow is the soft tissue in the center of the bone that is responsible for the production of blood cells. The term leukemia means white blood. The term leukocytes refer to white blood cells, which are body’s defense against infections and other foreign substances. When Leukemia occurs there is an uncontrolled increase in the number of white blood cells. When this occurs, these cancerous cells inhibit the production of healthy red blood cells, platelets, and mature white blood cells. Over time the cancerous cells can spread to the bloodstream and lymph nodes. They can also travel to the Central Nervous System and the rest of the body.
There has been a dramatic rise in the rate of caesarean section (CS) in the last two decade making it the most commonly performed procedure worldwide. 1Surveys (2, 3) have indicated that 3-5% of total red cells transfusion is related to obstetrics with higher rate in CS patients compared to those having vaginal delivery (1-7% versus 1%) (4, 5).
What it is is simple. Leukemia is a form of cancer that damages your body’s strength to make blood cells (Siegel & Newton, 10). If you have Leukemia, lots of abnormal white blood cells are made from your bone marrow (WebMD). These abnormal blood cells have a name in which they are called and that is, leukemia cells. These cells do not do the same wo...
... away [5]. Something for laboratory managers and supervisors to consider is to have a CO-oximeter in the laboratory, since it can measure and distinguish between 4 different types of hemoglobin [13].
According to this quotation, without white blood cells, also known as leukocytes, we would not be able to survive. White blood cells are our body’s number one defense against infections. They help keep us clean from foreign bacteria that enter our bodies. Statistics show that there are five to ten thousand white blood cells per micro liter of blood, however this number will increase during an illness. White blood cells can differ in many ways, such as, size, shape and staining traits. There are five different kinds of white blood cells that fall into two separate categories. One category is called, granular leukocytes, and the other is called agranular white cells.
The five main types of white blood cells are neutrophils, monocytes, basophils, lymphocytes, and eosinophils. The most common type of white blood cells are neutrophils. Neutrophils do not live very long, usually only up to 10 hours. They die immediately when a foreign substance is ingested and destroyed. Neutrophils make up 50 to 70% of white blood cells. Until they are alerted to an infection, they are in the bloodstream. They are very quick to responding to infections. Netrophils are granulocytes. Monocytes help to carry out the process of phagocytosis. Monocytes protect the person from pathogens, and remove useless cells from blood. Monocytes are agranular. Basophils only make up about 1% of white blood cells. Basophils respond to infections and inflammation; they release histamines. Scientists believe there is still more to know about basophils, but they do not know what. Basophils are granular. The function of lymphocytes is to recognize and help destroy dangerous foreign substances in the body. Also, lymphocytes can tell when when cells are cancerous or infectious. Lymphocytes are agranulocytes. Eosinophils release toxic substances, and can cause asthma and allergies when they over act and are mass produced in the body. Eosinophils make up 1-6% of white blood cells. Eosinophils are granulocytes.
Sickle cell anemia affects millions of people around the world, with about 70,000 Americans inheriting the disease, and many others carrying the sickle cell trait (Genetics). This disease mostly affects people that have African and Mediterranean roots, mostly because this disease provides protection for people from malaria which kills 3,000 African children daily (Malaria). Malaria is a deadly infectious disease that is transmitted by to humans when mosquitoes sting them (Learn). Sickle cell anemia is the most common blood disorder that is a result of a mutation in the genes causing a mutated form of hemoglobin, the protein that helps red blood cells transport oxygen to the body from the lungs. The mutated form of hemoglobin, hemoglobin S, causes the red blood cells to alter their shape into a fragile crescent or sickle shape, which is the main cause for any negative effects a person with sickle cell anemia might have.
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Plasma was considered as the most important part of human blood, which carries out most of the function in relation to transport. Fluids is the major constituent of plasma, with an estimated total protein concentration of about 7.0-7.5 g/dl, as the solid component in plasma, that contain a complex mixture of different proteins which are mainly glycoprotein and lipoproteins. The concentration of plasma protein is largely occupied by Albumin, which is about 3.4-4.7 g/dl as the major protein; this protein will be discourse in further details, (Murray et al 2003). Plasma protein plays a role as biomarkers in diagnosing human diseases, due to their functions as dynamic interface for molecular transport in the body even though, their determination is very difficult because it contain almost 3700 different proteins as found in the literature, (Manley and Gailer, 2009). It was well known from early research, (Himmelhoch, et al, 1966) that plasma protein contain a minute amount of metals, and different technique were used to determine distribution, which will explained in more details. These metals are essential for many function in relation to good health of a living organism, 15 trace element found in plasma were considered of great importance in this aspect which includes but not limited to: Fe, Zn, Cu, Se, Co, I, K, Na, Mg, Mn, Ca, as reported by (Muniz, et al 2013). However, among these trace element Cu and Zn where considered as the most important of all the trace elements in coordinating health activities and were found to bound one metal per protein. The distribution of these metals was found to be high in Plasma Albumin with a concentration of 36.1-53.6 ...
A blood smear is a diagnostic test used to look for unusualness within the blood. The blood film gifts the opportunity to view the components of blood under a microscope for unusual shapes or sizes. There are three main cells within the blood that the test can focus such as red blood cell, white blood cells, and platelets.