ESR Blood Test Explained In my daily practice, I often see patients who are concerned after receiving a blood test report showing an elevated ESR. Most of them feel perfectly...

Understanding MCV (Mean Corpuscular Volume): What Your Red Blood Cell Size Tells Us About Your Health In my practice, I often see patients who come in after a routine blood...

Understanding Visceral Fat Not all body fat is the same. While some fat lies just beneath the skin, another type—known as visceral fat—is stored deep inside the abdomen around important...

Understanding Your Body Fat Percentage Many people focus on the number they see on the weighing scale, but weight alone doesn’t tell the whole story. Two people can have the...

5-Part Differential Blood Test: What I Commonly Explain to My Patients In my practice, one of the most common blood tests patients bring to me is the full blood count...

Understanding Haemoglobin (Hb) Analysis Haemoglobin is the protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout your body. While a routine Full Blood Examination (FBE) measures the amount of haemoglobin,...

White Cell Count (WCC): Understanding What Your Blood Test Is Telling You As a doctor, one of the common questions I hear from patients after a health screening or blood...

Platelet Count: Understanding Your Blood Test Results In my daily practice, one of the common questions patients ask after a health screening is: “Doctor, my platelet count is not normal....

Understanding Your ABO Blood Group & Rhesus (Rh) Factor Many people know their blood type only after donating blood or preparing for surgery. However, knowing your ABO Blood Group and...

Red Cell Count (RCC): Understanding This Important Blood Test Measurement As a doctor, one of the common questions I receive after a health screening or blood test is, “Doctor, my...

Understanding a Musculoskeletal Comprehensive Assessment Our bones, joints, muscles and connective tissues work together to support every movement we make. As we age or place repeated stress on our bodies,...

What I Tell My Patients About Haematocrit (PCV) in a Blood Test In my daily practice, one of the most common questions I receive after a full blood count test...