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Child Has High WBC Count. How To Lower It?
dear doctor, my baby is to under go surgery to correct a deformity he has(his anal was not open when he was born so it has been rooted to the side of his stomach were he has a colostomy bag to collect his fesses) now he has to under go a second surgery to create a new opening but the doctors said we need to build his blood up to 10pint,which we conform and were able to get it to up from 7pint to 9.7pint within a month.we went back again after two weeks only to find it still at 9.7pint so we were given an other medicine (two weeks ago) but we got to the clinic to day only to realize ti has droped from 9.7pints to 9.2pint and his white blood cells has shot up from 17.5 to 26.7. I want to know what could cause this and how to get it minimize ,before it turns worse ............pls help
Fri, 20 Sep 2013
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Increased WBC counts in child usually denotes infection. In cases of anorectal Malformation( where there is no anal opening at birth) one of the source of infection could be Urinary tract( as there may be connection between the lower blind ending rectum and the Urethra or Urinary bladder of baby known as recto-urethral fistula). Get Urine examination done to know if its the infected urine which is cause of increased WBC. Get thorough check up done to know other source of infection.
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Increased WBC counts in child usually denotes infection. In cases of anorectal Malformation( where there is no anal opening at birth) one of the source of infection could be Urinary tract( as there may be connection between the lower blind ending rectum and the Urethra or Urinary bladder of baby known as recto-urethral fistula). Get Urine examination done to know if its the infected urine which is cause of increased WBC. Get thorough check up done to know other source of infection.
Take Care
Regards
Keep me informed
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