Symptoms of an acute ear infection in older children or adults include: 1  Ear pain or earache. 2  Fullness in the ear. 3  Feeling of general illness. 4  Vomiting. Diarrhea.  Hearing loss in the affected ear.
RDW BLOOD TEST. The red blood cell distribution width (âRDWâ) test is normally done when the complete blood count is ordered by the health practitioner. The RDW test measures the variations in size of red blood cells. It is used with the MCV (mean corpuscular volume) test results to better determine types of anemia. Normally red blood cells are between six to eight micrometers in diameter (a micrometer is one millionth of a meter and its symbol is Î¼m).
RDW is a medical abbreviation that stands for Red Blood Cell Distribution Width. It is a measurement of the size of red blood cells. RDW is routinely tested for during a Complete Blood Count, CBC. A normal RDW range for adults is 10.2 - 14.6. Expect normal RDW to vary from testing lab to testing lab. Low values can suggest anemia while high values are sometimes seen in liver disease and vitamin B -12 deficiency cases. An interesting fact about higher than normal RDW results is that it is a strong predictor of early death.