What Do The Following Blood Test Reports Indicate?

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2016

Question: I have the following flags: cholesterol 110 (chol/hdl ratio 3.2); WBC 11.9; neutrophils 7.2; lymps 3.3; monocytes 1.0; hemoglobin alc 5.7. Any cause for concern

Answered by Dr. Ralph Chambers (2 minutes later)

Hello. I see no cause for concern here. The white blood cell count and the differential don't indicate any disease process. The Hg A1C is where it should be

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Ralph Chambers (11 minutes later)

Thank you so much. So the wbc is not considered high? Note that i have hypothyroidism, smoke, and suffer from allergies (allergic rhinitis/chronic sinusitis) if that helps to evaluate/answer.

Answered by Dr. Ralph Chambers (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hi again. Still no worries

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back,

The WBC is just slightly above high normal and that's what we call clinically insignificant unless you have symptoms of an infection.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee