This is referring to a hematological test performed on
your blood. CBC means complete blood count and diff. means differential. This test is
very common and is used to gather information about your health
status.
CBC's measure many components of the blood like the
leukocyte count (white blood cells), erythrocyte count (red blood cells), hemoglobin,
and hematocrit just to name a few. The differential part of the CBC evaluates other
indices like the morphology of the various cells like neutrophils, lymphocytes,
monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils (leukocytes) and MCV, MCH, and MCHC of the
erythrocytes. Mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular
hemoglobin concentration respectively.
Abnormalities in the
CBC or differential indicate specific and general problems that may shed light on the
particular disease process.
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