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Old Sat Feb 20, 2010, 04:46 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Hi Lamilu,
You know since I have MDS I don't know much about AA but here you will get the normal counts. Different labs can have a little different reference values but they are always written on the lablists:
http://www.lymphomation.org/CBC-blood-counts.htm

As you have understood hemoglobin, white blood cells (specially the neutrophils) and platelets are the most important counts.

A hemoglobin of 91 (or 9.1) is quite good - many patients manage well with that but your mother has heart problems that make her feel the low hemoglobin.

When her neutrophils are 0.4 she can easily get infections - if they have done the examinations like BMB she should at once have Neupogen or a similar drug for her white blood cells.

It is a problem with platelet transfusions because they never last long - hopefully the platelets will increase when she receives steroids.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
70 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 May 2006, transfusion dependent, Desferal and Exjade for iron overload, Neupogen 2 injections/week for low white blood cells after neutropenic fever Sept 2007.
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