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Suggest Treatment For A Viral Infection
I went to the er running a 103 fever they said they thought it was pneumonia they did a chest x ray and blood work when the blood work came back my white blood cell count was 25000 instead of 10000 like they said it should have been, but then he said he was not sure if it was pneumonia or not but that i had a "spot" on my lung that worried him. He admited me into the hospital for pneumonia but my family dr came in and said he did not think it was pneumonia and tested for flu it was negitive too. they did more blood work and said my levels were back down to a good rate after one day and he discharged me from the hospital after one day with me feeling worse than i was. he said he thinks it might be a viral infection. what could the "spot" be and everyone is worried bout my levels being so high then dropping that fast
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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WBC and granulocyte counts are clear evidence of the bacterial etiology of respiratory infection, but low or normal values do not rule it out. Lymphocyte counts are of no value for distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections. Nodules can be scarring, granulomas, infection, fungus, virus, and cancer.
Here in Morocco, nodule let us always suspect tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis agent, but there are others mycobacterium type less agressive than mycobacterium tuberculosis but they can give such things like Mycobacterium avium.
I formally propose that you have a mycobacterium types (not tuberculosis type), but you need some specific test of tuberculosis.
high WBC dropping fast is extremly suggestive of infection response to treatment
WBC and granulocyte counts are clear evidence of the bacterial etiology of respiratory infection, but low or normal values do not rule it out. Lymphocyte counts are of no value for distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections. Nodules can be scarring, granulomas, infection, fungus, virus, and cancer.
Here in Morocco, nodule let us always suspect tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis agent, but there are others mycobacterium type less agressive than mycobacterium tuberculosis but they can give such things like Mycobacterium avium.
I formally propose that you have a mycobacterium types (not tuberculosis type), but you need some specific test of tuberculosis.
high WBC dropping fast is extremly suggestive of infection response to treatment
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