Can a being hold a low hematocrit but still hold a everyday red blood cell count? What would inflict this?



Answers:
Yes. Hematocrit represents the percentage of the blood volume that is composed of blood cell. Mathematically, it is:

Hct = RBC x MCV

(Hct = hematocrit, RBC = red blood cell count, MCV = mean corpuscular volume)

If your blood cell are really small (low MCV), then the hematocrit can be low even if you hold the appropriate number of cells.

Common cause of microcytic anemia are iron deficiency, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia, and organize poisoning. In addition, sundry chronic disease processes can result in a microcytic anemia.
Fluid Volume Overload would also wreak levels to appear falsly low (as dehydration would receive them look falsly high).
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