Re: low H.C.H.C. result and low white blood cell count question

[Guest guest]

Hi. My WBC count has been low, around 3.2, for 11 years, i keep

asking my doc about it, and he says my ratios or lymphocytes or

something are OK. Basically, you are so close to the bottom end of

normal that a regular doc won't do anything about it. Plus, he/she

doesn't know what to do anyway. You are about the 20th person that

I have run across w/ low WBC count, and their doc isn't concerned,

*even tho* the WBC count was fine pre CFS.

Mike C.

>

> My latest blood test results showed a couple of areas which could

of

> been better and Im wondering if others with CFS have the same

things

> showing on their blood tests and what they mean??? My doctor

obviously

> didnt think it was all that important as he didnt bother mentioning

> about it..and it was only when i got home and looked at my tests,

did i

> realise some of my results are low.

>

> - For the haemoglobin area.. my M.C.H.C. level is highlighted as

being

> low at 314 g/L (the test says normal is 315-355 so Im only just

> abnormal). I dont get what that really means??

>

> - My white blood cell count is 4.39

>

> *(3.5 to 4.8 Low white blood cell count.. whereas 4.9 to 10.0 Ive

read

> at medical sites is normal).

>

> My levels seem to have fallen since I had my last blood test one

> year ago when I first relapsed, a year back it was 5.4 so

completely

> normal..my baophils, eosinophils and monocyte levels have all

fallen

> since then, along with my Lymphocytes which also fell..but only

very

> slightly with the Lymphocytes). I did a search for low blood cell

> counts and CFS and couldnt find anything on that. My Basophils

(.01),

> Eosinophils (.11), Monocytes (.26), Lymphocytes (.84), Neutrophils

> (2.17) are all in the normal ranges but all at the lower end of

> it..hence giving me an all up low white blood cell count).

>

> What would cause all these levels to fall?? Should I be at all

> concerned about it???

>

[Guest guest]

My WBC has always on the below normal and low side for many years, my

doctor never mentions it either.

Have you had your thyroid tested- TSH free T3 free T4?

When I became hypothyroid last year I took thyroid meds and my WBC went

right back up to normal range but when I stopped my meds a couple of

months ago my WBC went right back down again.

Nat

[Guest guest]

Nat..

Im unsure, I dont have any TSH free T3 free T4 results in the

records I keep.

I do thou have one for TSH (Euthyroid TSH) which was normal at

1.11 (normal range is .5-5.00).

Do you or does anyone know if with that TSH test being normal if I

should at all have TSH T3 and T4 test done as well???????

.. , " natellite " <natellite@...> wrote:

>

> My WBC has always on the below normal and low side for many years,

my

> doctor never mentions it either.

>

> Have you had your thyroid tested- TSH free T3 free T4?

>

> When I became hypothyroid last year I took thyroid meds and my WBC

went

> right back up to normal range but when I stopped my meds a couple

of

> months ago my WBC went right back down again.

>

> Nat

>

[Guest guest]

Nat-if you were responding to me, my thyroid tests have always been

in the middle of the normal range. Believe it or not, my doc even

did the more thorough free TSH T3 and T4. Plus, I have no

symptoms of thyroid disorder. I looked into it using the Merck

Manual as well as online sites, and none of the symptoms fit me.

For example, I am not fatigued/hyper during the day. I only suffer,

severely, from post exertional fatigue (PEF). As a matter of fact,

PEF was a symptom months before I experience sudden onset CFS which

made me housebound for 3-4 weeks, and then barely able to work

for another 6 months or so.

Mike C

>

> My WBC has always on the below normal and low side for many years,

my

> doctor never mentions it either.

>

> Have you had your thyroid tested- TSH free T3 free T4?

>

> When I became hypothyroid last year I took thyroid meds and my WBC

went

> right back up to normal range but when I stopped my meds a couple

of

> months ago my WBC went right back down again.

>

> Nat

>