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What Causes An Elevation In The WBC Count?
I had a Cbc test yesterday. I have lymphoma. Mantle Cell. My white blood cells jumped from 40k to 48K. I haven t had a jump like that in 4 months. It was 104 degrees yesterday and we ve had a bad heat wave. I m hoping the long walk in 104 and the super fast test might have caused the big jump. Also can heat effect platelets? Thanks
Wed, 6 Sep 2017
Hi there,
The rise in wbc count, fall in platelet and fever that you getting are probably related to flaring of mantle cell lymphoma. Please do a peripheral smear. You may need chemotherapy if the disease is getting active.
Fever is probably not the reason for low platelet count in your case.
Hope I have answered your question.
With regards,
Dr. Girish Kamat
The rise in wbc count, fall in platelet and fever that you getting are probably related to flaring of mantle cell lymphoma. Please do a peripheral smear. You may need chemotherapy if the disease is getting active.
Fever is probably not the reason for low platelet count in your case.
Hope I have answered your question.
With regards,
Dr. Girish Kamat
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