Your sister Sue has not been feeling well so she went to see herdoctor. Her doctor had her go to the lab and have several bloodtests done. Sue is anxious to know what is wrong so she picks up acopy of the lab report. Sue comes to you in hopes that you can helpher understand the report. The following are the results of the labreport.
Value Range WBC H 12 [4.4-10.5] x10 3/mm3 RBC 4 [3.75-5.00] x106/mm3 Hemoglobin L 10 [11.4-14.7] G/DL Hematocrit 35 [34.3-45.5] %Platelet count 300 [139-361] x10 3/mm3
Which values of this part of the report are out of the normalrange? And are the values low or high?
Why might each value be at these levels?
Here is another portion of the lab report.
Value Range Neutrophils 60.0 [50.0-70.0] % Lymphocytes 35.0[20.5-45.0] % Monocytes 6.0 [1-15] % Eosinophils H 7.0 [0-5] %Basophils 1.75 [0-2] %
Which value is out of the normal range? And is it high orlow?
Why might the value be at this level?
As you are talking with Sue she tells you that she recently cameback from a jungle trip in the tropics. Also, when she left on hertrip she forgot to take her iron supplements with her. From thisbit of the conversation can you give her anymore help? If so, whatcan you tell her?
