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What Does Low Monocyte Count Indicate?

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Question : My absolute monocytes is 100 which the report indicates as low with the normal range being 200 - 950. Is this a problem? Also hematocrit is 11.6 and normal is 11.7. Is the .1 difference something to be worried about?
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Brief Answer: if on its own, not significant Detailed Answer: HI, thanks for using healthcare magic Monocytes are one of the types white blood cells. They eventually change into macrophages. Low monocytes is called monocytopenia. In many persons this decrease is not significant especially if the other parts of the white blood cells are normal (white cell count, neutrophils, basophils, lymphocytes). In other persons, with other abnormal parameters along with the monocytes the causes may be-type of leukemia, aplastic anemia, due to chemotherapy, some genetic diseases In terms of the hematocrit, the difference of 0.1 would not be considered medically significant. Summary- decreased monocytes on its own is usually not associated with any conditions -the decrease in hemotocrit is not significant Hope this reassures you I hope this helps , feel free to ask any other questions
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What Does Low Monocyte Count Indicate?

Brief Answer: if on its own, not significant Detailed Answer: HI, thanks for using healthcare magic Monocytes are one of the types white blood cells. They eventually change into macrophages. Low monocytes is called monocytopenia. In many persons this decrease is not significant especially if the other parts of the white blood cells are normal (white cell count, neutrophils, basophils, lymphocytes). In other persons, with other abnormal parameters along with the monocytes the causes may be-type of leukemia, aplastic anemia, due to chemotherapy, some genetic diseases In terms of the hematocrit, the difference of 0.1 would not be considered medically significant. Summary- decreased monocytes on its own is usually not associated with any conditions -the decrease in hemotocrit is not significant Hope this reassures you I hope this helps , feel free to ask any other questions