What does the blood report suggest about beta-thalassemia minor carrier?

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Based on the provided range I cannot comment regarding the possibility of thalassemia minor. I need to know the MCV, and RBC count as well to comment further. So kindly attach your full CBC (complete blood count) report so that I can give more detailed comments.

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Based on MCV and RBC count Mentzer index can be calculated and further comment can be given. Although your reticulocyte and hemoglobin are within the limit. So the chance of thalassemia is less. But still, for further comment, I need RBC and MCV values as well. So you can ask the laboratory for providing these values as well or else you can repeat your CBC. If you want to rule out thalassemia 100 % without taking any risk then the gold standard test available that is HB electrophoresis by HPLC method. HPLC can exclude thalassemia almost 100 %. If RBC and MCV values are available then provide them so we can calculate the Mentzer index.

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