my fist real extensive blood test

my blood work today..if someone can help me to understand i would appreciate this...   THS  2.09        CBC W/AUTO DIFF    WBC 7.9     RBC  4.95    HGB 14.6   HCT 42.6  MVC 86  MCH 29.5 MCHC 34.3   RDW 13.4  PLATELET 152 NEU%  64  LYM% 26  MON% 5 EOS% 4   B 0.3 BAS#0.2  NEU# 5.0 LYM# 2.0 MON# 0.4 EOS# 0.3     BAS# 0.2      IT SAYS EOS% 4 IS HIGH    MY GENEOTYPE IS 1 a            the method used in this test is RT-PCR and reverse (Line Probe) of the 5' UTR and core region of the HCV genome.  can anyone help me with this??? i really need some help understanding this...thanks happyoldergal                

[Bill1954]

Hi there,

I’m assuming you’re not on any treatment at this time? Welcome to the discussion group, by the way.

This is a copy of what we call a CBC, or Complete Blood Count. Everything looks pretty good; Eosonophils are a fraction of your white blood cells, and are typically listed as 0-4% to 0-6%; I’m not sure why they might have flagged that as high, but it’s probably not anything to be concerned about now.

Moving along, they have listed your genotype as 1a; this is unfortunately the least responsive genotype. Did you just receive this genotype news?

Genotype 1 is responsive to current treatment in about 45-50% of the time, and requires a minimum of 48 weeks of therapy. Have they discussed whether you might be eligible for treatment yet?

A good site to help understand regular (non-HCV related) blood values is:

http://www.labtestsonline.org/

you might save this site to favorites for future reference. Also, if you haven’t already seen this, you’ll want to look at Janis and Friends; I’ll link you to their page on understanding genotypes:

http://janis7hepc.com/hepatitis_c_genotypes_news.htm

Scroll down through that page *first*; then take the time to review some of the links included; there’s a whole bunch of into there to understand. Be sure to save the homepage of Janis and Friends to favorites as well.

Best of luck to you, and keep asking questions—

Bill