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Bone Marrow overwork

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Offline Manal

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Bone Marrow overwork
« on: August 17, 2006, 11:53:38 PM »
Dear all

How can we know that the bone marrow is over working before bone deformations appear? Are there any tests that measure the activity of bone marrow?

Manal
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Offline Shikha Mitra

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Re: Bone Marrow overwork
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2006, 06:18:17 AM »
Hi Manal

I think the Reticulocyte Count in your blood will tell you if your marrow is overworking.. the lower the Reticulocyte count, it is better.. that is will mean your bone marrow is supressed and not working hard to produce the RBc s...
Just ask your doctor..

shikha
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Re: Bone Marrow overwork
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2006, 03:56:28 PM »
Thanks Shikha
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Offline Hallu

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Re: Bone Marrow overwork
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2006, 04:06:21 PM »
I think there's another test which measures Erythropoietin level. Normal range is from 3.5 - 32 mU/mL.
In thals this level is elevated because of excessive bone marrow activity.

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Re: Bone Marrow overwork
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2006, 07:58:34 AM »
Hi,

A CBC contains both the reticulocyte and erythropoetin tests. A CBC can indicate bone marrow hyperplasia which is common in thal inters and not good in the long run. It is better to maintain the Hb at 9.0.

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