Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) Testing
How to check your Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration levels with a home fingerprick blood test kit
What Is A Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Test For?
Haemoglobin is a protein inside your red blood cells (RBCs) and is responsible for carrying oxygen throughout your body.
The Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) tests measures the average concentration of haemoglobin within RBCs.
Learn all about Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Testing:
- Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Testing UK Statistics 2021
- What If Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Test Levels Are High?
- What If Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Test Levels Are Low?
- How To Test Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration?
- Why Take The Full Blood Count Test?
- Who Should Take The Full Blood Count Blood Test?
- How Much Do Full Blood Count Tests Cost?
Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Testing UK Statistics 2021
5.5% of people tested have Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration levels which are too high.
And 5.1% have levels that are too low.
The average Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration result is 328.7 g/L
Note what is normal for you may differ for your age and gender.
Men tend to report higher Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration in their blood than women.
As many as one in eleven men tested have high levels of Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration
89.3%
of people have Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration blood levels in the normal range. Do you?
Are you in the 89.3% with normal results?
What If Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Test Levels Are High?
A high MCHC value is often present in conditions where haemoglobin is more concentrated within your red blood cells.
It can also occur in conditions where red blood cells are fragile or destroyed, leading to haemoglobin being present outside of the red blood cells.
What If Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration Test Levels Are Low?
The most common cause of low MCHC is anaemia, which is often caused by lack of iron, or the inability of your body to absorb iron due to various conditions.
There are a number of symptoms that people with low MCHC levels often have, which include:
- fatigue and chronic tiredness
- shortness of breath
- pale skin
- easily bruised
- dizziness
- weakness
- loss of stamina
People with slightly or recently low MCHC levels may not notice any symptoms at all.
In more rare cases, low MCHC and hypochromic microcytic anaemia can be caused by more serious conditions so this requires further blood tests and investigation by a medical professional.
How To Test Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration?
The Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) Test allows you to accurately check your levels of Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration in a fingerprick blood sample.
You can check your Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration levels by buying a home fingerprick blood test kit below. Your sample is then professionally analysed in an accredited laboratory for total reassurance. The Vitall Full Blood Count (FBC) Home Test Kit includes a Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration test and is available for just £59.
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Other Biomarkers Often Tested With Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration
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Basophils
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Blood Film
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Eosinophils
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Full Blood Count (FBC)
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Haematocrit (PCV)
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Haemoglobin (Hb)
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Lymphocytes
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Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH)
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Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
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Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
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Monocytes
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Neutrophils
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Platelet Count
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Red Cell Count (RBC)
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Red Cell Distribution Width (RCDW)
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White Cell Count (WBC)
