How to Use blood count in a Sentence

blood count

noun
  • His doctors weren't sure why his blood count was off.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Was her blood count low enough that her life was in danger?
    — Natalie Krebs, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
  • All Shen could do was wait for his blood counts to recover.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Those results showed that my white blood count was really high.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • All of my blood work, including my red and white blood counts, came back normal.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Mar. 2024
  • There are questions about drug pricing and the risks of infections and low blood counts.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Your doctors may take more precautions to support your blood counts.
    — Dr. Laura Esserman, Time, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Her white-cell blood count was up, and once again her blood pressure and oxygen levels were falling.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Her red blood count, hemoglobin levels and blood pressure were all low.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The pope's blood tests and blood counts remain stable, the Vatican said.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Donating one’s own blood can make a person anemic or have a lower blood count, experts warn.
    — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Donating one's own blood can make a person anemic or have a lower blood count, experts warn.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Donating one's own blood can make a person anemic or have a lower blood count, experts warn.
    — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Your healthcare provider can diagnose neutropenia with a blood test called a complete blood count.
    — Steffini Stalos, Health, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Ask your doctor for a complete blood count panel, Sassos suggests.
    — Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Your doctor might advise you to have regular blood tests since this medication can lower your white blood count.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Nov. 2021
  • These tests are the more conventional CBC, or complete blood count.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2023
  • However, the CT scan results came back clean, and his blood count was also checked, and there were no problems.
    — Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In these scenarios, your physician may already be monitoring your blood counts.
    — Trisha Pasricha Md and Mph, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • The pope is now battling pneumonia, low blood counts, and his kidneys are also being affected.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • For those who survive, there are greater chances of severe health problems from bone deformities and low blood count to blindness and deafness.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • His complete blood count, to include his white blood cell count, his hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet count were all normal.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 18 Jan. 2018
  • This can include congenital birth defects, higher stillbirth rates, and low birthweight and blood counts.
    — Shravya Pant — Medill News Service, STAT, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Her blood count was low and eventually, the family found out the 10-year-old’s kidneys were failing.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Experts recommend checking a blood count to look for these elevations three to six months after starting treatment.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2022
  • For some routine tests, including blood counts, standard ranges were determined decades ago based on studies of soldiers, Jha says.
    — Emily Sohn, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • Both cause a very high number of white blood cells and are often diagnosed with a blood test called a complete blood count (CBC).
    — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • As the treatment wiped out his blood counts, Shen was placed in full isolation in his own hospital room, where doctors were deeply concerned about the risk of infection.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Doctors often start by looking at your overall antibody levels, or immunoglobulins, and a complete blood count to check your white blood cell levels.
    — Trisha Pasricha Md and Mph, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • This includes standard tests for complete blood count, cholesterol levels, liver enzymes, and sodium and potassium levels.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 May 2024

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