Description
This is a laboratory diagnostic technique for assessing the state of the body and finding a source of pathology. This analysis can be prescribed by a doctor of any specialty. Any disease, whether inflammatory, oncological, autoimmune or metabolic, affects the qualitative and quantitative composition of the blood.
Preparation
Indications
Interpretation of results
In which cases the doctor may prescribe a general blood test:
- For prevention at medical examinations. Blood composition is relatively constant and very rarely goes beyond the boundaries of the norm.
- When the first symptoms of malaise appear..
- Can be reassigned to track the course of the disease after a certain time.
The general blood test includes the following indicators: red blood cells, hemoglobin, white blood cells, color index, hematocrit, reticulocytes, platelets, SOE.
The leukocyte formula in some laboratories is signed by default, in some a doctor’s note is needed. It includes the following indicators: eosinophils, basophils, stick-nuclear and segmentonuclear neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes.
