Diagnosis from Complete Blood Count.

          

          

Yesterday I was in my clinic and a patient came with his blood report. After consulting patient I gave that report to my student and asked him what you diagnose from this report. Then he replied me that it is not necessary in homeopathic treatment and he doesn’t know diagnosis. This incidence made me to teach him how really necessary to diagnose the case from report. And then I feel that there are many false beliefs about homoeopathy. We should know what we are dealing with, and there comes the diagnosis. Well, according to me the diagnosis of a case is a key for the cure.

In homoeopathy it is important to the diagnosis of the case. Our master Hahnemann had said in organon of medicine “Knowledge of disease” which means we have to know what diagnosis of the case is. A homeopathic physician must possess knowledge regarding medicine & disease.

When a patent came with blood report or any other report then a physician must know use of it. In many cases there are common symptoms which are really difficult to differentiate one disease to another.

CBC: Complete blood count

First to learn diagnosis from CBC report one must know normal value of each components of blood & function of it.  

Hemoglobin:One of the valuable components of blood. It is protein molecule found in red blood cells which carries oxygen to oxygen to other tissue. Normal value of Hemoglobin is in males- 13.8 to 18.0 g/DL, in females- 12.1 to 15.1 g/DL, in children- 11 to 16 g/DL & in pregnant women it is 11 to 14 g/DL.

·        Low hemoglobin level indicates anemia, sickle cell anemia, vitamins &nutritional deficiency (especially vitamin B12, folic acid and iron), bleeding (external or internal), leukemia, cirrhosis, lead poisoning, splenomegaly, thalassemia, profuse menstruation, multiple myeloma, hypothyroidism, bone marrow disorder, certain drug use & kidney failure.

·        High hemoglobin level indicates Polycythemia Vera, lung diseases & tumours.

Red Blood Cells:It is also known as erythrocytes. Function of red blood cells is to deliver oxygen to body tissue via circulatory system. Normal value of red blood cells in males is 4.7 to 6.1 million cells /µL & in females 4.2 to 5.4 million cells /µL. All disorder that occurs due to low or high hemoglobin level is also due to low or high erythrocytes count, because hemoglobin is major component of red blood cell.

Platelets:Also known as thrombocytes. It is very important is for coagulate blood (i.e. stop bleeding). Normal value of platelets is 150,000 to 400,000 cells/µL. 

Low platelets count is called Thrombocytopenia and causes of thrombocytopenia are leukemia, in some anemic condition, alcoholism, infections such as dengue fever, enteric fever (typhoid fever), malaria, hepatitis C, and HIV infection etc, certain drug therapy & mild low count seen in pregnancy.

High platelets count is called Thrombocytosis and causes of Thrombocytosis are allergic reaction, removal of spleen, certain type of anemia, auto-immune diseases like lupus & rheumatoid arthritis, chronic kidney diseases, infections, trauma and surgery etc.

White Blood Cells:They also called Leucocytes. They are cells of immune system and main function of white blood cell is to provide immunity to body. Normal WBC count is 4000 to 11,000 cells/ µL. There are five types of leucocytes which are eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes.

Causes of increase in number of cells:

·        Eosinophils:(causes of eosinophilia) allergic conditions such as asthma, hay fever, drug allergies & skin allergy, parasitic condition & in some malignancies.

·        Neutrophils:(causes of neutrophilia) bacterial infections (especially cocci, bacilli, spirochetes), fungal infections, acute asthma, ketoacidosis, uremia, poisoning (lead, mercury, digitalis, camphor etc.) and burns.

·        Monocytes:(causes of monocytosis) infections which may be bacterial, viral or protozoal, auto-immune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, myeloproliferative disorders, obesity and sarcoidosis.

·        Lymphocytes:(causes of lymphocytosis) infections, malignancies and auto-immune diseases.

Causes of decrease in numbers of cells:

·        Eosinophils:(causes of Eosinopenia) Hypercorticoid states like Glucocorticoid administration, Cushing’s syndrome & stress.

·        Neutrophils:(causes of Neutropenia) aplastic anemia, arsenic poisoning, leukemia, nutritional deficiency, radiations, certain medication & auto-immune diseases.

·        Monocytes:(causes of monocytopenia) acute infections, aplastic anemia, leukemia & glucocorticoids treatment.

·        Lymphocytes:(causes of lymphocytopenia) infections, Hodgkin’s disease, HIV infection, systemic lupus erythematosus, severe stress and due to certain medicines use like chemotherapy.

So, that was regarding the complete blood count hope it is helpful.

Normal range of complete blood count.