Complete blood count: What it reveals and what’s your blood you should check out

Hardly anyone will contradict, if one of the house physician, or house doctor’s suggestion to have a blood picture.

Because even if the little prick does not suit everyone, the blood is simply too valuable a source of information, in order to have the Chance of an enlightening analysis pass.

Only pity is that you know what to do, as a layman, with the results at the end of self, and the family doctors are usually the pressure is also so much time that you can’t explain everything in Detail.

Even if the laboratories, the reference values represent an orientation, although the Problem usually starts with the concepts of the studied values.

So it’s high time to do something in General to understand the work of enlightenment!

Difference between the large and small blood picture

In the case of a small the blood the composition of blood is investigated. Especially in the case of suspicion of infection, can be enlightening, such as techniker Krankenkasse lets you know.

So a blood count may indicate disorders of blood formation, blood poverty (anemia) and their causes, as well as to certain deficiency diseases.

Of blood, on the other hand is a little blood image, in which the different types of white blood cells in more detail under the magnifying glass taken.

It is called differential blood count.

A full blood count is useful, for example, if you already know that an infection would, and now find out, what exactly could a be.

The blood values in the Overview

Erythrocytes

The amount of the erythrocytes indicates the number of red blood cells.

These red blood cells have the vital function of oxygen in every corner of the body.

If your number is below average and the values of hemoglobin and Hämokrit are also low, it can be assumed that blood poverty (anemia).

Such may occur, for example, in the case of severe blood loss after an accident.

But women with low iron intake and heavy menstrual bleeding can suffer from a slight anemia.

MCV

MCV is the abbreviation for “mean cellular volume” and the average cell volume of a red blood cell.

Malnutrition or infections can be the cause for low levels.

Increased values, however, do not exclude an alcohol addiction or liver disease.

Hematocrit

Here is the percentage of blood cells in the blood is examined.

This is, for example, is too high, the blood becomes more viscous and flows slower.

As a result, the risk for thrombosis and stroke can rise.

He, in turn, is too low, the in combination with a decreased erythrocyte value for a certain amount of anaemia.

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin is the Protein that gives red blood cells their color, and for a smooth exchange of oxygen is responsible.

MCH

MCH stands for “mean corpuscular haemoglobin”, and indicates the concentration of hemoglobin in a single red blood cell.

Too low values can speak, for example, for iron deficiency, because this is needed for the formation of hemoglobin.

MCHC

The MCHC value gives information about the average concentration of hemoglobin over all the red blood cells away. The abbreviation stands for “mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration”.

Platelets

Including the blood are understood to be tokens, the play, for example, in the case of hemostasis an important role.

To bleed both too little (wounds hardly hear on), as well as to many of the (risk of blood clots) can be dangerous.

Leukocytes

The white blood cells that serve the body as an anti-body to fight diseases.

In the case of a large blood-these are differences in neutrophilic, eosinophilic and basophilic granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes and their percentage in the blood is determined.

A blood analysis can do much more

Regardless of the small or large blood image a lot more interesting indicator in the blood over the health condition record.

To do this, parameters of the fat metabolism, of blood sugar, or the renal and thyroid function, for example.

For 35 years, most health insurance companies offer, therefore, by default, every two years, a Routine Check, with such values determined can be.

It is an offer, it is worthwhile to make use of in order to detect diseases and deficiencies as early as possible and to treat them accordingly.

Note for vegetarians and Vegans

Even if a blood count may show symptoms including a lack of recorded by default, neither a small nor a large blood picture of the adequacy of the analysis of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, etc.

This allows the doctor usually only miterheben, if there is a justified suspicion of a deficiency exists.

Especially as a vegetarian or Vegan, you should keep that in the back of the head and his house physician a short note to their own food style.

Just iron and B12, but also zinc, calcium and Iodine can be pulled through a meat – and fish-free diet partially affected.

In addition, the values of selenium and Vitamin D should be kept in mind that the costs for which provision must, unfortunately, be in the rule itself worn.

Sources

• Techniker Krankenkasse: “What the blood is?” archived from the original on 27.07.2020: https://www.tk.de/techniker/gesundheit-und-medizin/behandlungen-und-medizin/bluterkrankungen/was-ist-das-blutbild-2022018
• Netdoktor: “blood,” retrieved on 27.07.2020: https://www.netdoktor.de/laborwerte/grosses-blutbild/

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