I'm 24w and FTM. Yesterday at my prenatal appt. my OB briefly explained I have a small ovarian cyst during my 2nd ultrasound (20 weeks). She didn't seem concern. She explained it's common during pregnancy and it should go away after delivery. If not, then we will discuss more about it.
Labs: Lab results are meaningful only in the context of the person. High MCHC in a healthy person may simply be a problem with the calibration of the machine or reflect that reference ranges are set so that a few percent of healthies fall outside on either end. I'd ignore sed rate / ESR.
The MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration) is the mean hemoglobin concentration in all the red blood cells (or is the percentage of the red blood cell that contains hemoglobin) and is usually a calculated value by dividing the hemoglobin by the red blood cell mass (HCT or PCV).ecreased values (hypochromasia). 1  Artifact: 2  MCHC: RBC swelling with storage, hypernatremia, hyperglycemia, other causes of hyperosmolality (see MCV). 3  Pathophysiologic: 4  Regenerative anemia: Immature RBC have less hemoglobin than normal. 5  Iron deficiency anemia: Multiple causes. 6  Portosystemic shunts: The low MCHC is attributable to a relative or 7  ... D