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high mch & mcv

What are the potential long term effects of these elevated levels? I take nevirpine and truvada for HIV and dilantin for a seizure disorder and drink moderately--about 2 glasses of wine per day. ...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

If by MCH =mean corpuscular hemoglobin and MCV =mean corpuscular volume (measurements done as a part of complete blood count) -modest abnormalities rarely are of clinical significance. Dilantin can cause a megaloblastic anemia so those values are... Read more »

High GGT,AST,ALT,MCV

Im HIV+ & on Septrin (Co-trimoxazole)160/180mg 1 tab,Sustiva 600mg (efivarenz)1 tab&... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

CBC results - low RBCs with High MCV values

On my past 2 CBCs, 09/2006 and 02/2007, my RBCs have been low (3.61 has been the lowest) and the... Read more »

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atripla

Posted by 1xltnbear2go, 1 Reply

I've been on Atripla for 2 months now, and received some labs today that concerned me a bit. I am type II diabetic for 5 years, and HIV + asymptomatic for 23 years this April. My RBC was low: 4.09 (anemia?) range:4.10-5.60. MCV is high: 107... Read more »

Dr. Urkie.(resultados de CBC)

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Dr. Urkie estos son los resultados de mi conteo de sangre.

COMPONENT VALUE FLAG LOW HIGH UNIT
WBC'S AUTO 7.3 4.0 11.0 THOU/UL
RBC, AUTO 4.71 4.7 ... Read more »

Decrease in Haemoglobin!

Posted by bura, 2 Replies

Hi,

Just to update, i have received results for my general blood test. Thank god i passed my elisa. Actually i do have some questions. In 2 months, i notice that my haemoglobin has dropped from 17.3 g/dl to 15.6 g/dl.RBC dropped from 6.7 to 6.1... Read more »

la prueba dio negatica hoy recojo la siguiente

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

hola, hace 5 semanas del riesgo me hice una prueba de anticuerpos (Elisa 4generacion) la cual dio negativa, tambien a las 5 semanas me hice una PCR ARN ultrasensible la cual dio indetectable. Hoy voy a recojer una nueva prueba de anticuerpos a las 8... Read more »

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