What Does Low Rdw Mean
A Low Rdw Means Your Red Blood Cells Are All About the Same Size. a High Rdw Means You Have Both Very Small and Very Large Red Blood Cells. You May Also Have a...
A low RDW means your red blood cells are all about the same size. A high RDW means you have both very small and very large red blood cells. You may also have a “normal” RDW. A normal RDW range is 12.2%–16.1% for women and 11.8%–14.5% for men.
Is having low RDW bad?
Low RDW. A low value indicates that your red blood cells are uniform in size. This is desirable and not a cause for concern [3]. However, it is still possible to have a blood-related disease and low RDW levels [3].
What is RDW in CBC?
The red cell distribution width (RDW) test measures variation in red blood cell size or red blood cell volume as a part of a complete blood count (CBC), and it is used along with other RBC indices, especially mean corpuscular volume (MCV), to help determine the causes of anemia.