Feeling TIRED?   ...   & More?  CFIDS Health Handout

Check out everything you can about the red blood cells  

ask the lab tech to LOOK at the RED BLOOD CELLS

Size, shape & age & membranes of Red Blood Cells?

Any symptoms of compensating autoimmune hemolytic anemia?  *  *

more helps to find the fatigue - the CFIDS anemia 

The Proper View of CFIDS, CFS, FM, ME       Find the ANEMIA for PROOF  

CBC

definitions

 Complete Blood Counts 

-More blood info

 The CBC measures the number of red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), the total amount of hemoglobin in the blood, and the fraction of the blood composed of cells (hematocrit).
RBC

compare to your own counts over time

 * When Red blood cells are immature - other tests can be 'off'

 Red Blood Cells - Normal counts vary with altitude male: 4.7 to 6.1 million cells/mcl

female: 4.2 to 5.4 million cells/mcl
Ask for Direct measurement of the red cell life span by isotopic tagging techniques shows a decreased life span  also level of haptoglobin, which should show up soon after 2-butoxyethanol  exposure if blood cells are being destroyed  
HGB Hemoglobin  is the most important component of red blood cells. It is composed of a protein called heme, which binds oxygen.  13.3-17.7
HCT Hematocrit 40.0-50.0
RDW * rdw Random Distribution of RBC Weight. 13
Iron a function of adult red blood cells/liver/spleen  in conjunction with __ ?  
WBC - *  Very High? White Blood Cells 4.5-11.0 High counts can indicate AIHA
PTL    Autoimmune? Platelets 140-440
absolute cell count Is lymphocyte count above normal?  
extra things to ask for:    
ESR abnormal  erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) test    
MCV   Mean Cell Volume 82-96 men
http://www.valdezlink.com/check_blood.htm

To prove the harm of this chemical, you have to prove the fatigue that doctors say they don't know what it is. *

Does the person with CFIDS or CFS have these signs:  blood in urine and red blood cells that are small sized  * (immature?)  You need to know that, because liver and white blood cell tests don't read right if red blood cells are predominately immature.

"Glucocorticoid hormones are involved in how the body utilizes and stores carbohydrates, protein, fat and blood sugar."  How are your hormones?  High or low?
2-Butoxyethanol

Diabetes *

haematocrit, with little or no change in ... and dose-dependent increase in haematocrit and mean ... well as a significant increase (p

NJ Hazardous Chemical Fact sheet on 2-butoxyethanol

Why gallstones?  Why Kidney Stones?  *Help for Kidney Stones? *

We need to know what is causing so many cancers, autoimmune issues, birth defects  *

Look for this Pattern http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/aihi_gulfwar2.htm

Examples of 'second hand solvent exposure'

very sick with 'flu'  *

Unexplained weight loss - LIVER? *

VERY HIGH White Blood Cell Counts (advanced anemia) * * 

 

Not just a virus or cold?  *

Health Changes like CFIDS after flu *

 Analysis of Anemia and Pregnancy - Maternal Mortality

The worldwide maternal mortality ratio (annual number of ... laboratory estimation of hemoglobin (Hb) 4 or hematocrit, and ... of determination were 0.315, 0.424 and 0.411 with F-values ......

 

 

What do school janitors use to clean bathrooms?

*

Is working as a janitor health-hazardous?  *

The research on 2-butoxyethanol says it causes hemolytic anemia  *
Check kidneys and Liver, too
and maybe do manual instead of computer tests
Red blood cells could be on the immature side with fragility of membranes
Check for leukemia ... for NHL

 

Why I didn't buy Citrus Clean  *

 

Why a chemical in cleaning products can hurt us & those we love
What is your temperature?  Your blood pressure?  Your blood sugar?
(Affected by 2-butoxyethanol too)  *
Do you have this odd assortment of FATIGUE clues  *
and CNS affects? ... such as those with CFS, FM, CFIDS have?
Some things I shared with Don  *
I have no medical background;
however I recognize this chemical's effects ...
and I suspect the main problem is an autoimmune issue
C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH

Is Cancer secondary to THE Anemia?  *

Other symptoms per medical dictionary

Autoimmune Hemolytic anemia  *
FATIGUE no energy
Chills  *
Pale Color
Rapid Heart Beat  *
Jaundiced color
Shortness of Breath
Dark urine. Blood in urine, even trace?  *
Enlarged Spleen  *  *

wrong views of medical issues  * - prevent discovery *   CFIDS Health Handout

Swelling?  Unconscious?

 

Bernard J. Brabin http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/3/1317-a

I would like the doctor to consider that there is a serious anemia in the USA .... HELLP Syndrome which I suspect 2-butoxyethanol for causing