Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction: Hematology investigation; can anyone please translate?Age: 36Gender: MaleWeight: 88kgs, Height, 175cmsLocation: CanadaEthnicity: SE AsianMeds: 40mg Pantaprazole 2x a dayAbout 2 weeks ago I posted asking what the docs here thoughts my hematology panel results meant (post below)https://www.reddit.com/r/AskDocs/comments/dis3kq/can_someone_decipher_my_hematology_panel/Following the results, my GP sent me to get a hematology investigation done. Below are the results.results: https://imgur.com/EINgINCCurrently my GP is away, but I will follow up in a week or so. In the meantime, would any docs here be kind enough to shed some light on what the terms mean?. ### Response: Homozygous Hb E likely fully explains your CBC which has a pretty low MCV (ie your cells are small) but otherwise is normal. This in and of itself should not cause any real problems, though as noted there could be implications if you plan on having children. The most common scenario would be if a child inherits HbE from you and a beta thalassemia mutation from mom, which could result in the child having a form of thalassemia.A single alpha thalassemia gene deletion = you have 3 out of 4 functioning alpha hemoglobin chains. This also has no real significance in and of itself - people who have this and nothing else (including no HbE) would have totally normal labs. Again, your MCV is low because of the HbE and not the single alpha deletion.Hope htis helps..