Can somebody with perfectly normal mcv have thalassemia minor?

Are more tests necessary to diagnose thalassemia minor when MCV level is normal?

It is possible to have a normal MCV with thalassaemia minor because compared to thalassaemia major, only some of the body's haemoglobin (the substance in red blood cells) is affected.

The good thing to know is that if your haemoglobin (Hb) level and MCV (Mean corpuscular volume) are normal, even if you have thalassaemia minor there is little to be concerned about.

The diagnostic test for all of the thalassaemia's is haemoglobin electroforesis. This separates out all the different types of haemoglobin in your blood and analyses them. If there is too much of any particular abnormal haemoglobin, this diagnoses thalassaemia.

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