Jimmy went to a hospital to take some laboratory tests. After he had gotten the result, he found out that the count of his red blood cells was 2.7 x 106/uL. The doctor said that the normal adult male hemoglobin count is 13.5/100 mL. A low hemoglobin count would result in anemia, and a high hemoglobin count would result in polycythemia.
If you were the doctor, identify the condition of Jimmy.
Hemoglobin is (C2952H4664O832S8Fe4). One red blood cell has approximately 270 million hemoglobin molecules.
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We must compute Jimmy’s hemoglobin count using the provided red blood cell count in order to ascertain whether or not he is anemic.
There are roughly 270 million hemoglobin molecules in one red blood cell.
Thus, the following formula can be used to determine Jimmy’s blood’s total hemoglobin molecule count:
729 x 1018 molecules/uL = 2.7 x 1012 cells/uL x 270 x 106 molecules/cell
This must be divided by a conversion factor of 6.242 x 1014 molecules/g in order to be converted to the standard units of hemoglobin count (g/dL):
11.7 g/dL (829 x 1018 molecules/uL ÷ 6.242 x 1014 molecules/g)
Jimmy is anemic because his hemoglobin count is below the typical adult male level of 13.5 g/dL.
We must compute Jimmy’s hemoglobin count using the provided red blood cell count in order to ascertain whether or not he is anemic.
There are roughly 270 million hemoglobin molecules in one red blood cell.
Thus, the following formula can be used to determine Jimmy’s blood’s total hemoglobin molecule count:
729 x 1018 molecules/uL = 2.7 x 1012 cells/uL x 270 x 106 molecules/cell
This must be divided by a conversion factor of 6.242 x 1014 molecules/g in order to be converted to the standard units of hemoglobin count (g/dL):
11.7 g/dL (829 x 1018 molecules/uL ÷ 6.242 x 1014 molecules/g)
Jimmy is anemic because his hemoglobin count is below the typical adult male level of 13.5 g/dL.
