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My son had tumor surgery. Is the dip in WBC count serious?
Query: Hello doctor, My 15-year-old son recently completed treatment for a primary mediastinal non-seminomatous germ cell tumor. He completed 4x VIP and surgical resection with NED 20 days back. He had one transfusion of red blood cells and platelets two months back after round 4. This month, one-day post-... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your child is having a rare entity of non-seminomatous germ cell tumor and common extragonadal site for it is mediastinum. Mild splenomegaly is because of malignancy related process and no worry about that and nothing extra treatment needed. Second, only WBC count i... Read Full »
Is it serious if my neutrophil and WBC count drop suddenly?
Query: Hi doctor,I am a 30-year-old woman. I have recently lost a pregnancy at 19 weeks due to membrane rupture. I had induced abortion with Misoprostol two weeks back and there is no complication since. I have had a CBC done almost every week from the starting of my pregnancy and they were all absolutely ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Based on your query, my opinion is as follows: The WBC count (white blood cell) varies on day-to-day and hourly basis and also depending on variable internal factors. Corticosteroids can affect WBC count, particularly neutrophils. At present, maybe due to stress, wh... Read Full »
My absolute neutrophil count and WBC count decreased within 15 days. What does that indicate?
Query: Hello doctor, I am concerned about low absolute neutrophils and WBC. I have had two blood tests. The first was six months ago, which showed my absolute neutrophil level was 2100 per microliter of blood and dropped to 1700 per microliter of blood after 15 days when I checked the blood for the second ... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your absolute neutrophil count does not seem to be decreased much. Usually, it can be considered low if AEC (absolute eosinophil count) is below 150 per microliter of blood. Your total count is low as per your history. Sometimes the infection can lead to low WBC (whi... Read Full »
My CBC showed low WBC count. Please advise.
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 41-year-old, healthy female, average height and weight. I recently had a CBC which was concerning to me. The WBC count was slightly low at 3.78 (reference range starts at 4.16) and the ANC was 1.08 x 103/uL. All the rest of the CBC was entirely normal. No immature granulocytes, ... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hi, Welcome to the icliniq.com. I have seen your attached report here (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It is not suggestive of any cancer. Your Hb (hemoglobin), HCT (hematocrit), RBC (red blood cells) and platelet count all within range. You had mentioned the history of flu which ... Read Full »
My WBC count has increased. Why?
Query: Hi doctor,I am a 66-year-old female. I am suffering from hypertension and diabetes for 20 years. I have got an implemented stent a month ago. I am taking medicines for the all above I have mentioned. In my recent blood count, my WBC is 70000. Why? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Based on your query, my opinion is as follows. The white blood cell - WBC count is very high and so there is a need to look into the complete report, particularly the differential count. If neutrophils are high, possibly an infection. However, if the patient's physic... Read Full »
My WBC count keeps fluctuating. Why?
Query: Hi doctor, My WBC count keeps fluctuating. First it gone up to 83000 from 10500 last month and then it became 12900. Now again for the past few days it is high at 22200. Can you please help with this issue? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Based on your query, my opinion is as follows: WBC - white blood cell count varies in response to infection, inflammation, and various external or internal reactions. A bacterial infection could have increased the WBC count to 80000 with a high neutrophils count. As t... Read Full »
My child has very low WBC counts. Can chemotherapy be given?
Query: Hello doctor,I want to have an opinion about my daughter's (8 years old) chemotherapy treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. I want to know that is it possible to start or continue chemotherapy at very low counts of WBC and WBC differential. Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your child is having B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In that case, to induce remission, induction chemotherapy should be given to restore normal bone marrow. After induction, maintenance chemotherapy also to be given. Your total count might be low because of che... Read Full »
Can my WBC and RBC counts be elevated due to blood cancer?
Query: Hello doctor, My WBC and RBC are elevated. However, platelets and hemoglobin are normal. I am concerned about blood cancer. Someone told me that high WBC levels are linked to blood cancer. Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. It is too early to consider blood cancer. Blast cells are observed in CBC reports in advanced blood cancer. A peripheral smear should also be performed. It is a more accurate test to check for blast cells to rule out ... Read Full »
I have endometriosis and a high WBC count. Kindly help.
Query: Hello doctor,For the past 10 years, my white blood count has been high. It has gradually just been rising more and more and in the last three years, it has been at its highest. Right now, my full white blood count is at around 20,000 WBC per microliter. My lymphocytes have been continuing to rise an... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern and I will try to help you with it. There can be multiple causes for high WBC (white blood cell) count and one such cause can be endometriosis. However, we have to assess other possible causes. Since you are having constitutional sym... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, I underwent a blood test, and my WBC count was 16.13 but the five main white blood cell counts were normal. How can the component count be normal when the WBC count increases? I take Metformin once a day and have taken two steroid injections five days before the blood test was done. I ... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. The rise in the levels of WBC (white blood cells) is due to steroid shots and UTI (urinary tract infection). In UTI, along with an increased count of WBC, high levels of neutrophils can be present. The increase in the count of neutroph... Read Full »