Complete blood count

Introduction:

Complete blood count is a common blood test procedure which is recommended to check the deficiency of a particular blood cell in an individual. It is not difficult to understand; simply it is the estimation of total blood cells of the body. If you also want to get information about the CBC, this article will be helpful for you. This blood count is done by the special centrifugation machines, which estimates the different components of blood including RBCs, WBCs and platelets within a minute.
How is the complete blood count test performed?
The complete blood count test is performed by taken the blood sample from the patient’s vein. A syringe is filled up to a few milliliters and then it is put in to centrifugation machine, which separate the blood cells at separate stages of centrifugation.
What are the components of the complete blood count (CBC)?
The components of blood which are separated by complete blood count include;
• White blood cell count (WBC or leukocyte count)
• WBC differential count
• Red blood cell count (RBC or erythrocyte count)
• Hemoglobin (Hbg)
• Hematocrit (Hct)
• Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
• Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)
• Platelet count
• Red cell distribution width (RDW)
• Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
• Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
What are the normal values for a complete blood count (CBC)?
The normal value of white blood cell count (WBC), which is considered as healthy is 4,300 and 10,800 cells per cubic millimeter (cmm).
Red cell count (RBC) which is generated by machine generated percentage of signifies for normal well-being should be in between 4.2 to 5.9 million cells/cmm.
Machine generated normal hemoglobin level for maximum health care for you is should be 13 to 18 for men and 12 to 16 for women in gram per deciliter
The normal platelet count which should be in between150,000 to 400,000/ cmm (150 to 400 x 109/liter).