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#97021 - 05/01/08 12:02 PM
ferritin count 138,000.
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Gail_B
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Laboratory shows a WBC of 3.2, an H&H of 9.8/3.2, and ferritin count 138,000. (I am not sure if this is correct. It really sounds like further count. Could it possibly be something else?)
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#97025 - 05/01/08 12:19 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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Gail_B
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Laboratory shows a WBC of 3.2, an H&H of 9.8/3.2, and ferritin count 138,000. (I am not sure if this is correct. It really sounds like further count. Could it possibly be something else?)
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#97031 - 05/01/08 01:14 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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Dabble
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Registered: 02/19/08
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Probably platelet count.
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#97033 - 05/01/08 01:38 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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Gail_B
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Thanks.
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#97036 - 05/01/08 01:59 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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tropsicleAfter
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I think it important to restate that a probable guess, despite being 'probably' correct, is still a guess, and that guesses have no place in a patient's medical record.
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#97047 - 05/01/08 02:47 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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AnnR
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H&H of 9.8 and 3.2?? When given this way (H&H), traditionally the first H is hemoglobin--9.8 is a believable low hemoglobin; however, the second H, representing hematocrit, should be approximately THREEE TIMES the hemoglobin value -- so a value of 3.2 is impossible. Guessing 30.2 makes sense but as trops says, is only guessing. And if the H's are reversed, it's just as bad.
I think this whole hematology section needs to be blanked and questioned.
Edited by AnnR (05/01/08 02:48 PM)
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#97050 - 05/01/08 03:04 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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tropsicleAfter
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Great catch Ann. I can only claim I was focused on the tree and did not see the forest. Unfortunately, I'd bet this was snatched up and sent in already.
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#97051 - 05/01/08 03:15 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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AnnR
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Sorry, that should have been addressed to Gail B.
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#97088 - 05/01/08 10:05 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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Kabbn
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Registered: 01/16/08
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I don't know the spelling or the range of normal for the count, but I recently had a ferritin test as part of my blood work.
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#97089 - 05/01/08 10:23 PM
Re: ferritin count 138,000.
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meri
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Loc: Murrieta, California
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It's pretty easy to find on Google (especially for those of us who are MTs?). Just put in "normal values for ferritin"
Normal ferritin values are as follows:
Adult males: 20-300 ng/mL
Adult females: 20-120 ng/mL
Children (one month): 200-600 ng/mL
Children (two to five months): 50-200 ng/mL
Children (six months to 15 years): 7-140 ng/mL
Newborns: 25-200 ng/mL.
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