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| | Complete Blood Count (CBC) |
 | | A CBC helps your health professional evaluate symptoms (such as weakness, fatigue, or bruising) and diagnose conditions (such as anemia, infection, and many other disorders). |
 | | For instance, the red blood cell (RBC) count, hemoglobin (Hgb), and hematocrit (HCT) are the most important values needed to help decide whether a person has anemia, but the red blood cell indices and the blood smear also help guide the diagnosis and suggest a possible cause for the anemia. |
 | | When inflammation in the body is present (such as from an infection or cancer), red blood cells may settle more quickly than normal. |
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