The complete blood count (CBC) is an essential comprehensive blood panel that allows your doctor to evaluate each type of cell in your blood. The CBC measures the number of red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), and platelets (PLT). Each of these types of blood cells performs important functions, so determining their levels can provide important health information. A CBC may be used to help diagnose a range of health conditions and also monitor how the body is affected by different diseases or medical treatments. Come get your CBC blood test or blood work done at Space City Laboratories.

While a standard CBC includes measures of the WBC count, which is the total number of WBCs in a sample of blood, a CBC with Differential test includes a breakdown of the amount of each of five different types of WBCs, which include Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, and Basophils.