What does it mean if your RBC Hgb and Hct are low?

Low RBC counts, hemoglobin and hematocrit levels can be caused by other things too, such as a lot of bleeding or malnutrition (not enough nutrients in the food eaten). Kidney disease, liver disease (cirrhosis), cancer, and medications used to treat cancer can also cause low levels.

What does it mean if your RBC Hgb and Hct are high?

High Hgb is known as polycythemia. This means you have too many red blood cells. Polycythemia vera is a cancer of the blood in which your bone marrow overproduces red blood cells. With polycythemia, a blood test also shows that you have a high red blood cell count and high hematocrit.

What does Hgb and Hct tell you?

Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells and hematocrit is a measurement of the amount of red blood cells as related to total blood cell count. Both hemoglobin and hematocrit are used to diagnose anemia.

What is RBC Hgb Hct?

Hemoglobin (Hgb), the part of each RBC that carries iron. or. Hematocrit (Hct), the percent of RBCs in the blood. When the Hgb and Hct values fall too low, it’s called anemia.

What is the difference between hemoglobin and RBC?

Hemoglobin’s key function is the facilitation of gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide as the transportation is happening. So typically, the hemoglobin holds the gases while the RBC is carrying the hemoglobin and transporting it to the different tissues in the body.

What is considered dangerously low RBC?

Anything below 4.5 to 5.5 million RBCs per microliter (mcL) in men, and 4.0 to 5.0 million RBCs per microliter (mcL) in women, is considered to be a low RBC count.

What causes low RBC and hemoglobin?

What are normal HCT and HGB levels?

Hemoglobin(Hgb) normal range is 12-17 g/dL. Hematocrit (HCT) normal range is 36%-51%.