GBP Full Form in Medical term is General Blood Picture, also called peripheral blood smear. It is a technique used by healthcare providers to test platelets and red and white blood cells with the help of a microscope. The healthcare provider may order a complete blood count and peripheral blood spread.
Looking under a microscope can help your doctor figure out why and how your blood cells look abnormal. This test is done to detect signs of possible blood disorders. Their results are not a diagnosis, but they add up to the picture healthcare providers use to make a diagnosis. This test is often performed to diagnose blood cancers, disorders, and infections.
Your healthcare provider does GBP by placing a drop of blood on a glass plate, turning the drop into a thin film. They examine the blood with chemicals that show specific features of the blood cells. Through the test, it can be easy to detect changes in blood, see changes in the count of blood cells, abnormal changes and changes in the blood cell.