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What Does Night Fever With Shivering And Blood Test (leukocyte - 19500, Neutrophil - 88) Indicate?
my friend has been suffering from fever for 15 days...tests for typhoid n malaria negative...fever occurs at night with shivering...almost normal during daytime...blood tests show 19500 leukocyte count and neutrophil count at 88...what should be done...doctors at a loss
Tue, 29 Dec 2015
dear friend
you certainly seem to be having an infection or in rare cases chronic myeloid leukemia.
if nothing else a leukemoid reaction from an infection but your white cell count does reach the lower limits of CML range.
you also need to rule out a lung infection or an UTI
please discuss these possibilities with your doctor and before a diagnosis is made please request for a peripheral smear to be examined by a haemato-pathologist to at least screen for CML
you certainly seem to be having an infection or in rare cases chronic myeloid leukemia.
if nothing else a leukemoid reaction from an infection but your white cell count does reach the lower limits of CML range.
you also need to rule out a lung infection or an UTI
please discuss these possibilities with your doctor and before a diagnosis is made please request for a peripheral smear to be examined by a haemato-pathologist to at least screen for CML
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