Eosinopenia is the medical term used when the number of eosinophils in your blood is lower than the normal range. Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell ...
Dr. Leslie A Andritsos, MD -Hematology and Oncology
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that helps your body fight infections, especially those caused by parasites. They also play a role in allergic ...
Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) is an autoimmune condition in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own connective ...
Dermatomyositis-Scleroderma Overlap Syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease that happens when a person has symptoms of both dermatomyositis and scleroderma at ...
Lupus-Scleroderma Overlap Syndrome is a rare autoimmune condition where a person experiences features of both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic ...
Scleroderma-Polymyositis Overlap Syndrome is a rare autoimmune condition where a person shows symptoms and signs of both scleroderma and polymyositis. In ...
Lupus-Rheumatoid Arthritis Overlap Syndrome is a medical condition where a person shows symptoms of both Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Rheumatoid ...
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare autoimmune disorder that combines features of lupus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. It is marked by high ...
Idiopathic eosinophilia, often called idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), is a rare condition in which a type of white blood cell—eosinophils—remains ...
Tissue eosinophilia means that a person has an unusually high number of eosinophils in the tissues of their body. Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell ...
Reactive eosinophilia is a condition where the body produces too many eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, as a reaction to another health problem. ...
Clonal eosinophilia is a rare blood disorder in which a single group of blood stem cells produces too many eosinophils—white blood cells that normally help ...
Overlap syndromes are medical conditions where a person shows signs and symptoms of more than one autoimmune disease or connective tissue disease at the same ...
Myeloproliferative hypereosinophilic syndrome (MP-HES) is a rare blood disorder characterized by the overproduction of eosinophils—a type of white blood ...
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) is a rare but serious medical condition in which the body produces too many eosinophils—a type of white blood cell. ...
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that play a key role in fighting parasites and modulating allergic inflammation. In healthy adults, the normal ...
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that plays a major role in our immune system, especially in fighting allergies, parasites, and infections. They are ...
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell involved in fighting parasites, regulating inflammation, and contributing to allergic responses. Under normal ...
Eosinophils are a specialized type of white blood cell that play a key role in defending the body against parasitic infections and regulating allergic ...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare but life‑threatening syndrome of uncontrolled immune activation. In HLH, certain white blood ...
Kostmann Syndrome, also called Severe Congenital Neutropenia (SCN), is a rare, inherited blood disorder. It causes an extremely low level of a type of white ...
Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome (SDS) is a rare inherited disorder that mainly affects the bone marrow, pancreas, and bones. It is caused by mutations in a specific ...
Asplenia is a medical condition where a person has no spleen or their spleen does not function properly. The spleen is a small organ located on the left side ...
A hypoplastic spleen is a medical condition where the spleen is much smaller than normal because it did not develop properly either before birth (congenitally) ...
Splenic atrophy means that the spleen has become smaller than normal because its tissues have been damaged or worn out over time. The spleen is a soft organ ...
The spleen is an organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen, just below the ribcage. It plays a critical role in the immune system by filtering the ...
Splenomegaly means that the spleen is larger than normal. The spleen is an organ located on the left side of your upper belly, under your ribcage. It plays a ...
Hyposplenism is a medical condition where the spleen doesn’t work properly or has significantly reduced function. The spleen is a small organ located in the ...
Hypersplenism is a medical condition where the spleen becomes overactive. The spleen is a small organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen, under the ...
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare, acquired blood disorder in which a mutation in the PIGA gene causes red blood cells to lack critical ...
Bone marrow failure syndromes (BMFS) represent a group of disorders in which the bone marrow fails to produce sufficient blood cells, leading to anemia, ...
Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside your bones that produces red blood cells (which carry oxygen), white blood cells (which fight infections), and ...
Nutritional Deficiency Neutropenia is a medical condition where a person has fewer neutrophils than normal due to poor intake or absorption of essential ...
Infection‑induced neutropenia is a condition in which an acute or chronic infection leads to a drop in neutrophil count below the normal range of 1,500–8,000 ...
Drug-Induced Neutropenia is a medical condition where the number of neutrophils in the blood drops to abnormally low levels due to the use of certain ...
Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is a blood disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly produces antibodies against its own neutrophils—white blood cells ...
Cyclic neutropenia is a rare blood disorder where a person’s level of neutrophils— a type of white blood cell that helps fight off infections—goes up and down ...
Congenital neutropenia is a rare blood disorder that a person is born with. The term "congenital" means that the condition is present from birth, and ...
Severe neutropenia is defined as an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) below 500 cells per microliter of blood. Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that ...
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that help your body fight infections, especially bacteria and fungi. They are part of your immune system, acting ...
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that help your body fight infections, especially bacteria and fungi. They are part of your immune system and act ...
Neutropenia, often called low neutrophils, is a condition in which the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) falls below the normal range of 1.5–8.0 × 10^9 cells/L ...
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that guard your body against infections. A normal neutrophil percentage in a white blood cell differential is ...
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell essential for fighting infections and healing injuries. Normally, neutrophils make up about 40–70% of your white ...
Neutrophils are a vital type of white blood cell that serve as one of the body’s first lines of defense against infection. When your laboratory report shows ...
When your blood test report shows “Neutrophils 75,” it means that 75% of your white blood cells are neutrophils. Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell ...
Severe neutrophilia—also called neutrophilic leukocytosis or, at extremely high levels, a leukemoid reaction—is defined by an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ...
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that form a first line of defense against infection and injury. When the number of neutrophils in your blood rises ...
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell (WBC) that plays a major role in your immune system. They are the first cells to respond when your body is attacked ...
Neutrophils are white blood cells vital to our innate immune defense, rapidly mobilizing to infection sites and engulfing bacteria. Under normal conditions, ...
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) is a blood test measurement that shows the average size of your red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to ...
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) measures the average size of your red blood cells. A moderate elevation in MCV means that on a standard complete blood count ...
Mild elevated MCV, also called mild macrocytosis, means that on your routine blood test (the complete blood count, or CBC) your red blood cells are just ...
A higher than normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) means that, on average, your red blood cells (RBCs) are larger than they should be. MCV is measured in ...
Hematocrit (Hct) is a blood test that measures the percentage of red blood cells (RBCs) in your blood. Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest ...
Hematocrit is the percentage of your blood that is made up of red blood cells (RBCs). Imagine your blood as a mix of liquid (plasma), white cells, platelets, ...
Hematocrit (Hct) is a measurement of how much of your blood is made up of red blood cells. Red blood cells are very important because they carry oxygen from ...
Hematocrit, often abbreviated as Hct, is a measure of the proportion of red blood cells in the total volume of blood. Think of your blood as a mixture of cells ...
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (CDAs) are a group of rare, inherited blood disorders in which the bone marrow makes red blood cells (erythrocytes) that ...
Hemodilutional anemia, often called dilutional anemia, occurs when the total volume of blood plasma (the liquid part of blood) increases relative to the number ...
Hereditary spherocytosis is a genetic condition in which red blood cells take on a spherical shape instead of their normal, flexible disc shape. In a healthy ...
Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency anemia is a blood disorder in which the body lacks enough healthy red blood cells due to insufficient vitamin B₁₂. This vitamin is ...
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare inherited genetic disorder characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, physical abnormalities, organ malformations, and a ...
Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA) is a rare blood disorder characterized by a severe reduction or absence of red blood cell precursors (erythroblasts) in the bone ...
Aplastic anemia is a rare but serious blood disorder in which the bone marrow fails to produce enough new blood cells—red blood cells, white blood cells, and ...
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by microscopic parasites of the genus Leishmania. These parasites live inside the bodies of certain sandflies and ...
Folate deficiency anemia is a type of macrocytic anemia that occurs when the body lacks enough folate (vitamin B₉) to produce healthy red blood cells. Folate ...
Pernicious anemia is a specific form of vitamin B₁₂–deficiency anemia caused by the body’s inability to absorb vitamin B₁₂ from the gastrointestinal tract. In ...
Sideroblastic anemia is a group of rare blood disorders in which the bone marrow makes ringed sideroblasts—immature red blood cell precursors whose ...
Hemorrhagic anemia—also known as blood‑loss anemia—occurs when your body loses red blood cells faster than it can replace them. Red blood cells carry oxygen ...
Hypoproliferative anemia is a form of anemia characterized by the bone marrow’s inability to produce an adequate number of red blood cells, resulting in a low ...
Blood loss anemia, also known as hemorrhagic anemia, arises when the body loses more blood than it can replenish. This loss may be sudden, as in trauma or ...
Hemolytic anemias, often called destruction anemias, occur when red blood cells (RBCs) are broken down faster than the bone marrow can replace them. Normally, ...
Macrocytic anemia is a form of anemia characterized by abnormally large red blood cells (RBCs) with an increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV > 100 fL). In ...
Anemia is a condition in which the total circulating red blood cell mass falls below age‑ and gender‑specific normal limits, leading to reduced oxygen delivery ...
Microcytic anemia is a form of anemia characterized by red blood cells (RBCs) that are smaller than normal. In healthy adults, a typical red blood cell ...
A normal adult hemoglobin (Hb) level is roughly 13–17 g/dL for men and 12–15 g/dL for women. An Hb of 2 g/dL is far below the life‑threatening threshold ...
Hemoglobin is an iron-containing protein within red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to tissues and returning carbon dioxide from ...
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. In healthy adults, normal hemoglobin levels range ...
Hemoglobin is the iron‑rich protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to every tissue in your body. A normal hemoglobin level ...
Hemoglobin is the iron‑rich protein inside red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen from your lungs to every part of your body. When you hear a lab ...
A hemoglobin (Hb) level of 7 g/dL indicates severe anemia. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to every part of ...
Hemoglobin is a specialized protein found in red blood cells whose primary job is to carry oxygen from the lungs to every cell in your body. It also helps ...
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues. A level of 9 g/dL is below the normal range ...
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to tissues throughout the body. When hemoglobin levels fall below ...
A hemoglobin level of 11 g/dL means there is 11 grams of hemoglobin per deciliter of blood. Hemoglobin, the iron‑rich protein in red blood cells, carries ...
Severe low hemoglobin count, also called severe anemia, occurs when the amount of hemoglobin—a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen—falls dangerously ...
Moderate low hemoglobin count, often termed moderate anemia, is a common blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Hemoglobin is the protein ...
Mild low hemoglobin count, often called mild anemia, occurs when the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin in your red blood cells falls just below the normal ...
Low hemoglobin count—commonly known as anemia—is a condition in which the concentration of hemoglobin (Hb), the iron‑rich protein in red blood cells (RBCs) ...
Thrombocytosis, also called thrombocythemia, is a condition in which your blood has more platelets than normal. Platelets (thrombocytes) are tiny cell ...
Platelets, or thrombocytes, are tiny cells in your blood that help stop bleeding by forming clots. A normal platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 per ...
Mild high platelet count—also known as mild thrombocytosis—is a condition in which the number of platelets in the blood is slightly above the upper limit of ...
High platelet count, medically termed thrombocytosis, occurs when the blood has more platelets than the normal range of 150,000–450,000 per microliter. ...
White blood cells (WBCs), or leukocytes, are the body’s defenders against infection and injury. In a healthy adult, a normal WBC count ranges from about 4,500 ...
White blood cells (WBCs), or leukocytes, are the critical defenders of your immune system. Produced in the bone marrow, they circulate through the blood and ...
A white blood cell (WBC) count measures the number of leukocytes in your blood, which play a crucial role in defending your body against infections, ...
A white blood cell count measures the number of leukocytes—cells that help your body fight infections and other diseases—in each microliter (µL) of blood. The ...
A white blood cell count measures the number of leukocytes circulating in one microliter of blood. Under normal conditions, adults have roughly ...
A white blood cell (WBC) count of 12,000 cells per microliter (µL) is above the normal adult range of approximately 4,000–10,000 µL. This elevation, known as ...
Neutrophilic leukocytosis, also known as neutrophilia, is defined as an abnormally high concentration of neutrophils—a subtype of white blood cells—in the ...
A high white blood cell (WBC) count, also known as leukocytosis, is defined as a total circulating leukocyte count exceeding the normal upper limit—generally ...
Severe high red blood cell (RBC) count—also called severe erythrocytosis—occurs when the number of circulating red blood cells rises substantially above normal ...
Red blood cells (RBCs), or erythrocytes, are the most numerous cells in human blood. They carry oxygen from the lungs to every tissue and return carbon dioxide ...
Mild erythrocytosis, also called a mild increase in red blood cell (RBC) count, refers to an RBC level just above the normal reference range without severe ...
High red blood cell count, medically known as polycythemia or erythrocytosis, refers to an increase in the concentration of red blood cells (RBCs) in the ...
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), often called the “sed rate,” measures how far red blood cells fall in a vertical tube over the course of one hour. ...
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measures how quickly red blood cells settle to the bottom of a tall, thin tube of anticoagulated blood over one hour. ...
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)—sometimes called the “sed rate”—measures how quickly red blood cells settle in a test tube over one hour. Normally, ...
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a simple, cost‑effective blood test that measures how quickly red blood cells settle at the bottom of a vertical ...
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is one of the oldest and simplest blood tests used to gauge inflammation in the body. In females, a persistently high ESR ...
An elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), often referred to as a “high sed rate,” is a common blood test finding that signals the presence of ...
