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A member asked:
Blood report shows 26.6 pg mch.a little below normal. was it due to donating a pint of blood some 20-30 days before the blood test or iron deficiency?
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Perhaps neither: Would need to know rest of test data, can be normal for you if blood count (hgb / hct) and size (MCV) normal. May benefit from discussing w/your dr and possibly iron studies, but need to look at whole picture, not just one value.
Answered 1/6/2017
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