05/05/2016 10:27 AM EDT
Source: National Library of Medicine
Your blood contains red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), and platelets. Blood count tests measure the number and types of cells in your blood. This helps doctors check on your overall health. The tests can also help to diagnose diseases and conditions such as anemia, infections, clotting problems, blood cancers, and immune system disorders.
Specific types include tests for
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Your blood contains red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), and platelets. Blood count tests measure the number and types of cells in your blood. This helps doctors check on your overall health. The tests can also help to diagnose diseases and conditions such as anemia, infections, clotting problems, blood cancers, and immune system disorders.
Specific types include tests for
- RBC - the numbers, size, and types of RBC in the blood
- WBC - the numbers and types of WBC in the blood
- Platelets - the numbers and size of the platelets
- Hemoglobin - an iron-rich protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
- Hematocrit - how much space red blood cells take up in your blood
- Reticulocyte count - how many young red blood cells are in your blood
- Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) - the average size of your red blood cells
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Your blood contains red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), and platelets. Blood count tests measure the number and types of cells in your blood. This helps doctors check on your overall health. The tests can also help to diagnose diseases and conditions such as anemia, infections, clotting problems, blood cancers, and immune system disorders.
Specific types include tests for
- RBC - the numbers, size, and types of RBC in the blood
- WBC - the numbers and types of WBC in the blood
- Platelets - the numbers and size of the platelets
- Hemoglobin - an iron-rich protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
- Hematocrit - how much space red blood cells take up in your blood
- Reticulocyte count - how many young red blood cells are in your blood
- Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) - the average size of your red blood cells
The complete blood count (CBC) includes most or all of these. The CBC is one of the most common blood tests.
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- High Red Blood Cell Count (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Low White Blood Cell Count (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- MedlinePlus: Platelet Disorders
- White Blood Cell Disorders (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Blood Smear (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Hematocrit (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Hemoglobin (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Hemoglobinopathy Evaluation (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Platelet Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Platelets (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
- Reticulocyte Count Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- WBC (White Blood Cell) Differential Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- White Blood Cell Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Cells (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hematologic Tests (National Institutes of Health)
- Complete Blood Count (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)
- Blood smear Available in Spanish
- CBC Available in Spanish
- Hematocrit Available in Spanish
- Hemoglobin Available in Spanish
- Platelet count Available in Spanish
- RBC count Available in Spanish
- RBC indices Available in Spanish
- WBC count Available in Spanish
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