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What Causes Variation In White Blood Cell Count?
Hi i am a fifty year old female i have variousautoimmune diseases including diabetes multiple sclerosis,rheumotoid arthritis and psorisis to name a few. I have alot of other arthritis. I am five ten and a half and weigh 245 because i have been on steroids for years. Recently i was in the hospital twice for a severe feet infection which i had very
strong iv antibotics. Everything has cleared up i just want to mention it put me in acute renal failure. Again i am fine now my question finally is for the last several weeks my white count varies fom 13
strong iv antibotics. Everything has cleared up i just want to mention it put me in acute renal failure. Again i am fine now my question finally is for the last several weeks my white count varies fom 13
Mon, 3 Nov 2014
Hi
Thanks for asking
Based on your query and reports my opinion is as follows
1. WBCs are the cells which come to defense whenever there is an infection( neutrophils)
2. Also these cells play a very important role in immunity
3. Various autoimmune diseases are also linked to lymphocytes which is one type of WBC.
4. Steroid therapy also causes variations in total WBC count
5. Since you just came out of infection and you are also on steroids, that explains for variations in WBC count
Hope this helps
Regards
Thanks for asking
Based on your query and reports my opinion is as follows
1. WBCs are the cells which come to defense whenever there is an infection( neutrophils)
2. Also these cells play a very important role in immunity
3. Various autoimmune diseases are also linked to lymphocytes which is one type of WBC.
4. Steroid therapy also causes variations in total WBC count
5. Since you just came out of infection and you are also on steroids, that explains for variations in WBC count
Hope this helps
Regards
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