What do these lab results mean!!?

Question

I have been having problems with my hemogolbin levels beng really low....a few months ago it was 10.4 and as of monday it was 7.3 i have been taking iron but it does not seem to help! I had more labs done on monday and My hemoglobin is still 7.3 and she said that my
HCT was 32 suppose to be around 36-47!
MCV was 69 suppose to be 80-100
MCH was 21 suppose to be 27-32
My Lymph % is 15.2 suppose to be 20-35

What do all of these mean!!!

I am a female and i am 17 years old,I do not have heavy periods so i am not sure what the proble is!! Do any of you know what might be wrong I am worried!!

Please tell me what my test results mean!!!

Also my friend said that i might have Cancer she said that if your lymph% is low then you have cancer is that true!!

Thank you so much!!

Answer 1

If your Dr suspected cancer, he /she would most prob. take action. You need to see a Hemotologist, a Dr who specializes in BLOOD! Don't drive yourself crazy and listen to everyone around you. Take action! Call your Dr and have him reccomend you a hemotologist. Tell your Dr you want his office to send all your lab-work to the hemotologist. take it from there. The best thing for you to do to put your mind at ease, is to take action!

Answer 2

First of all, I'm incredulous that your doctor or parents didn't help you interpret the results (contrary to popular belief, anybody can obtain a copy of their own or child's medical records, including blood tests; most doctors' offices will give you a copy upon request at no charge).

Second, you omitted many other details that may be important, including sugar levels (diabetes), cholesterol (heart and blood problems), white and red blood cell counts, etc.

Third, regardless of the above, your given numbers indicate an overall anemia. With your doctor's permission, you should take a multi-vitamin with iron, and start regular, light exercise to build up your cardiovascular system, to improve blood flow and help get rid of toxins. If you haven't been eating right, now is the time to get off the supermodel or junkfood diet, and eat like a regular person. If you are into cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs - - legal or otherwise (definitely *not* at your age) - - , stop it, NOW. Iron supplements, alone, are of little value if you are doing everything else wrong!

Fourth, only a fool would take the advice of a stranger over that of their doctor, but it is a very clever fool, indeed, to list just enough information to make us think something is terribly wrong. Even if this was a backhanded approach at getting us to answer your medical homework, all I can say is, "Nice try, kiddo!"

Answer 3

Maybe you're not taking enough iron still. Also try taking vitamin C with it as it helps absorbtion of the iron. I really have no idea what the lab report means but you should talk with your doctor more about it. If he didnt talk with you then you need to start going to another doc

Answer 4

Why are you asking this question on here? I am assuming you are seeing some sort of MD if you have the results of your blood work.

You need to ask your doctor to explain what they mean to you.

Good luck.

Answer 5

You really need to speak to your doctor about this...