2007-02-06 01:34:20 · 3 answers · asked by tanya b 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Great! your studying your laboratory results. If that's your case, it is just normal because of an addition of 0.01 value only. If it's more than that and lesser than the values, it will be abnormal. If greater, it is called erythrocytosis which means that there is overproduction of the RBCs in the blood. This may lead to thrombosis and embolism. If lesser, the tendency of anemia is high and it is called erythrocytopenia. There is fewer RBCs caused by bone marrow depression.
Hope I have answered your question well.
2007-02-06 01:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by lonelybapcmau 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
essentially nothing except that you either smoke or you were dehydrated or you live at a high altitude. Keep an eye on it, but don't worry yet. All of the above conditions will give you a slightly increased RBC count. If it continues to rise in say 6 months then it would warrant further investigation. I am an MD and I wouldn't chase a workup for this at this point and I don't know any that would!
An elevated RBC count may mean too much production or too little fluid such as in dehydration, most commonly at that level it is from smoking, which stimulates your body to produce more RBC's to carry more oxygen
2007-02-06 01:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by cuban friend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means your fine. they test based on an average range of number and your only .01 over so nothing to worry about. your dr would let you know if there was an issue.
2007-02-06 02:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by *angel* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋