Hematocrit vs hemoglobin

jkeith · Nov 9, 2015

Just wanting to see if my blood work is within range on both hematocrit and hemoglobin. My hematocrit is sitting in the midrange but my hemoglobin is in the upper range. What would be the difference?

CoastWatcher · Nov 9, 2015

They measure two different aspects of the blood. Hematocrit reports the percentage of red cells in your blood. Hemoglobin is a protein molecule that carries oxygen throughout the body.

jkeith · Nov 9, 2015

Interesting, is hemoglobin being high as bad as hematocrit.

Nelson Vergel · Nov 9, 2015

Hematocrit is the percent of total blood volume taken up by red blood cells. Hemoglobin is a substance inside red blood cells that transports oxygen to tissues. Usually hematocrit is three times hemoglobin but that may change in men who donate blood due to polycthemia.

Here is a diagram

jkeith · Nov 9, 2015

Hematocrit 46.2 on a range of 37.1 to 51
Hemoglobin 16.1 on range of 12.6 to 17.7

Would these levels be anything to be alarmed about?

Nelson Vergel · Nov 9, 2015

Jkeith

Your levels are good. Your hematocrit is far from the 54 endpoint that many doctors use to decide to send you to blood donation or phlebotomy.

jkeith · Nov 9, 2015

What about one the hemoglobin side being on the higher end?

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