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What does a high rdw in a cbc indicate?

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Dr. Michael Thompson answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

Depends...: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/red_blood_cell_distribution_width -- RDW is a measure of the variation of red blood cell (rbc) volume. What it indicates depends on the context of other lab values and history and physical exam.

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Answered 4/13/2018

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Cbc results: low lymphocytes (15.7), high granulocytes 79.2, gr# 8.3, mchc low (32.4), MCV normal, RDW high (14.3), low mpv (7.7). Is this concerning?

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I got my CBC done.I have low hb, low total count, lowpvc, low mcv, low mch, low mchc, high rdw.What does it mean? Other parameters wbcand platelets normal.

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I recently had a CBC test done and they found mcv-low, mch-low, rdw-high, and they found presence of nrbc's but i don't know how many. Reason for going in: headaches. What could it be?

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My rdw is high 15.0 but everything else in my CBC is normal wbc 7.0 RBC 4.82 hct 39.3 hglb 13.0 MCV 82 also did tibc 459 and iron 76 but uibc 383 ?

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My last CBC blood test indicated RDW of 16.2, MCV 82, MCH 27.5, MCHC, 33.4 and platelets 390. The only high readings were the RDW and platelets. ?

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