A mother brings her child who is only a few days old, to the paediatrician, complaining that the baby is yellow. The doctor finds that the eyes and the skin of the child have indeed turned yellow and ...

A reticulocyte count test measures the number of new red blood cells in your body. It’s sometimes called a reticulocyte index – or “retic count” for short. Doctors use it to help figure out whether ...

A complete blood count (CBC) might suggest hemolytic anemia if your RBC, hemoglobin, and reticulocyte counts are low. But further testing may be required. Anemia occurs when you don’t have enough ...

The reticulocyte count indicates bone marrow response to anemia and its therapy. An elevated reticulocyte count would indicate that the marrow has an appropriate response to the anemia. Because blood ...