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  • February 7, 2011 at 9:08 pm #305302
    lindalou
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    Hi, has anyone had a problem with large red blood cells with scleroderma?
    Thank you,
    Linda Lou

    February 7, 2011 at 11:31 pm #355207
    richie
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    Hi–do you mean clumping –what is the problem –a bit unclear !!!
    richie

    February 8, 2011 at 12:48 am #355208
    lindalou
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    Hi Richie, not clumping it just showed upa little high / large on my blood test results.
    lindalou

    February 8, 2011 at 3:36 am #355209
    Maz
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    Hi Lindalou,

    Yes, I had occasion to look this up a bit, as I had an elevated RDW (red cell distribution width) last spring. In my case, it was not a concern as it was just a drug side-effect caused by the longterm penicillin I was taking, which corrected itself when I switched out to a different protocol.

    Mostly, I think it is more to do with a certain types of anemia, called pernicious anemia (a B12 deficiency) or iron-deficient anemia. In pernicious anemia the MCV (mean corpusule width) in addition to an elevated RDW is usually an indication of this type of anemia.

    You can read some more about this on labtestsonline and wikipedia:

    http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cbc/test.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDW

    Was it your RDW and/or MCV that was elevated, Lindalou, and did your doc mention this to you as a concern?

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