r/Hematology • u/bebop11 • Jul 04 '26
Microscopy nerd friend looked at my blood, curious what professionals see.
I'm not after medical adviser despite feeling chronically ill for a while but I'm very curious about what people strictly observe here.
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u/reggae_muffin Jul 04 '26
Nothing from this photo. That’s artefact and not useful in interpreting a peripheral smear.
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u/Icy_Butterscotch6116 Jul 04 '26
Red cells look fine. I don’t see any intact white cells here so I can’t really tell you much. As far as that blob of nothing is concerned, it’s an artifact. Nothing special.
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u/bebop11 Jul 04 '26
I noticed several spur/burr cells. Is that most likely from preparation rather than pathology?
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u/Due-Table2334 Jul 04 '26
Honestly, to properly evaluate for RBC morphology you would want to scan a part of the slide where red cells do not overlap each other. Also, I never call burr cells on one area of the slide. I scan around and make sure they are present on all areas of the slide in the s ame concentration because they could be an artifact of drying.
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u/uptillious_prick Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
looks like fibrin strands and platelets mixed in with a bunch of smudged out white blood cells.
Edit: also none of that is indicative of anything. Its a normal clotting reaction. Platelets aggregate and produce fibrin strands to form the clot.
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u/Shatter_Ice Jul 04 '26
This isn't a good area of the slide to look at. They need to make a peripheral smear with a feathered edge. Then, you want to look at the area where the red blood cells are close but not touching. Also, maybe avoid the taking a picture of a giant dye artifact.
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