I'm a 30-year-old single woman, and I've just found out that my pdw, rdw, and mpv levels are higher than the normal range. I'm a bit worried about what this could mean for my health. Could you explain the possible reasons behind these results and suggest any steps I should take moving forward?

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Dr Kareemulla Shaik

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it indicates your plateletes are bigger than normal size, so you need to undergo few more tests to ruleout cancer kind of issues

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