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An MCV above 100 fl means your red blood cells are larger than normal. In Dutch general practice, alcohol and a B12 defi...
Endurance training dilutes your blood with extra plasma, so your red blood cells read low while nothing is wrong. Here i...
The ESR measures how fast your red blood cells sink. That makes it slow, sensitive to anaemia and easy to misread. Here...
MCH measures how much haemoglobin sits inside a single red blood cell. A low value often points to iron, but a normal MC...
A hard training session can push your white blood cells above the reference range for hours. Here is how to tell whether...
A complete blood count measures your red cells, white cells and platelets. What almost nobody tells you: your training s...