microcytic hypochromic anaemia
low in B12 or iron
low folate levels
the Low Low is for a Very Low level Alarm, or an emergency status. the Low is just a low level switch who activate any normal output
low immunity
iron deficiency
if rdw is high
In medicine, RDW means red cell distribution width. A low RDW means that the erythrocytes or red blood cells are uniform in size.
RDW means "Red blood cell Distribution Width" that takes place with the blood. If one has a low Rdw i means they are anemic.
If the RDW level is increased and the MCV level is normal. This can be caused by the beginning stages of a decrease in vitamin B12 or folic acid (a type of vitamin) in the body. It can also be caused by the beginning stages of iron deficiency anemia.
A low RDW-cv on a hematology test means that there is a very small variation in the size of your red blood cell. Low RDW means that the cells are mostly the same size, while high RDW means the sizes are different.
it is in megaloblastic anaemia
Most often this is due to iron deficiency, but it can also occur in other red blood cell production (hematopoietic) abnormalities.
RDW stands for red cell distribution width and it shows the variation of the size of your red blood cells. I dont really understand what 17 is, is it fl/L which is extremely low, or %, which is in the upper limit. I'm gonna go ahead and presume its % then its affected by your MCV. Basically, 17 means that you have a lot of different sizes of RBC-s.
If your doctor tells you that your blood work shows a high rdw-cv, it simply means you have a higher than normal red blood cell distribution. This may be caused by an iron or B12 deficiency and is usually easily treated with a change in diet and the addition of supplements.
Red Cell Distribution WidthRDW = Red cell Distribution Width. A measure in variation of the sizes of the Erythocytes (red blood cells)RDW stands for red cell distribution width. It is a measure of the variability of the size (volume) of red cells. Red cells of uniform size--no matter what that size is--will have a low RDW. A population of cells which vary greatly in size will have a high RDW. Another name for variability in red cell size is anisocytosis. In both thallasemia and iron deficiency anemia, the average cell size (measured as MCV, mean corpuscular volume) is low. But in iron deficiency anemia, unlike thallasemia, the RDW is increased.Red Cell Distribution Width in PercentageRed-Blood Cell Distribution Width
Low Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin High Red cell distribution width.