"hgb 10.9 L g/dL 12.0 18.0 "in a blood test?

Question

What does that mean?

Answer 1

Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs. The iron contained in hemoglobin is responsible for the red color of blood.


A hemoglobin of 10.9 is considered low.



A low hemoglobin is referred to as being anemic. There are many reasons for anemia. Some of the more common reasons are loss of blood (traumatic injury, surgery, bleeding colon cancer), nutritional deficiency (iron, vitamin B12, folate), bone marrow problems (replacement of bone marrow by cancer, suppression by chemotherapy drugs, kidney failure), and abnormal hemoglobin (sickle cell anemia

Answer 2

i think that it means that ur hemoglobyne level is 10.9 g/dl and the normal range is 12-18.. its kind of low... it can mean that u have some kind of anemia