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2022年11月6日 · The coronary calcium scan tells you how much calcified plaque is in your heart’s arteries. You and your doctor can take the results and decide if you need to make any changes to your medicine or...
2023年3月3日 · The diastolic reading, or the bottom number, is the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats. This is the time when the heart fills with blood and gets oxygen. This is what your...
2023年7月18日 · Very high HDL cholesterol levels not only don't protect you more, but they might be harmful. In one study, people who had HDL cholesterol levels above 60 mg/dL were nearly 50% more likely to have ...
2023年11月14日 · Iron is a mineral you get from food, while ferritin is a blood protein that stores iron. But testing for ferritin is one way your doctor tells whether you're storing a healthy amount of iron in...
- Overview
- Blood Color
- Lymphocytes Defense
- Testing WBCs
- Normal Ranges
- Low Counts
This article is about the role of white blood cells, specifically lymphocytes, in our body and how they defend us from infections and diseases. It also explains different types of lymphocytes such as B cells, T cells and natural killer cells along with their functions. The article provides information on normal ranges of lymphocyte counts for adult...
The color of your blood comes from red blood cells that carry oxygen through your body. White blood cells defend the body from infection, with lymphocytes being an important part of the immune system.
For every 600 to 700 red blood cells, there is one white blood cell. Lymphocytes are formed in bone marrow and act as the body's army against invading organisms or viruses. There are two types of lymphocytes - B cells make antibodies while T cells destroy virus-taken over or cancerous cells. Natural killer cells can destroy tumor without activation...
A complete blood count measures different components of your blood including white and red blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin and hematocrit ratio; flow cytometry is a more detailed test that looks at many types of blood cell levels including different lymphocyte counts; both tests require a sample taken by healthcare professional sent to lab for a...
Normal ranges vary among labs but depend on age with normal adult range between 1k-4.8k per microliter while children have 3k-9.5k per microliter; high counts mean fighting an infection but sometimes due to serious conditions like hepatitis, HIV/AIDS etc., diagnosis requires doctor consultation after medical history review and physical exam along w...
Less than 1k per microliter considered low count for adults while less than 3k per microliter considered low count for children; underlying causes include autoimmune disorders like lupus, infectious diseases like tuberculosis/AIDS/viral hepatitis etc., radiation therapy or steroid therapy ; diagnosis involves doctor consultation after medical histo...
2022年8月20日 · What Is High Cholesterol? There are two major forms of cholesterol: Low-density lipoprotein or LDL, also known as "bad" cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein or HDL, also called "good"...
2023年11月18日 · Viruses can affect your bone marrow and cause low WBCs for a while. Severe infections, such as blood infections, can cause your body to use up WBCs faster than it can make them. Medicines: This is ...
