Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Leukemia & Lymphoma Community
|
High WBC -> high Neutrophil count
by VisualDeadlock, Nov 05, 2008 06:29PM
Hi everyone,
I am hoping someone can help me here. I did a blood test about 3 months ago as part of my routine checkup, and my WBC came back at 13.1 I believe - everything else was normal. I did another blood test a few days ago, and my WBC is 12.1, again, all my other stats are within normal range except HDL which was 33, with the minimum being 40.
Anyways, this time we also did a differential on my CBC - all results came back in range except for my ANC - this number came in at 8,480 - the to end of normal range being 7,800 from our lab.
I feel fine though, no sweats, no appetite loss and I do not have any infections or anything currently (I think at least, no fever, no vomiting), or even back when I did the blood test first time, I felt fine then.
So now I am really scared, and do not know what is causing this high neutrophil count. I came across CML - and the article mentioned several things:
1) Alot of people do not feel any symptoms at the start
2) They became diagonosed off of a routine blood test
So I am starting to think that this is it. My doctor is on vacation and will be back next week. But what do yo guys think? I can't seem to come up with any opther explanation (except my smoking perhaps).
-scared bloody stupid
I am hoping someone can help me here. I did a blood test about 3 months ago as part of my routine checkup, and my WBC came back at 13.1 I believe - everything else was normal. I did another blood test a few days ago, and my WBC is 12.1, again, all my other stats are within normal range except HDL which was 33, with the minimum being 40.
Anyways, this time we also did a differential on my CBC - all results came back in range except for my ANC - this number came in at 8,480 - the to end of normal range being 7,800 from our lab.
I feel fine though, no sweats, no appetite loss and I do not have any infections or anything currently (I think at least, no fever, no vomiting), or even back when I did the blood test first time, I felt fine then.
So now I am really scared, and do not know what is causing this high neutrophil count. I came across CML - and the article mentioned several things:
1) Alot of people do not feel any symptoms at the start
2) They became diagonosed off of a routine blood test
So I am starting to think that this is it. My doctor is on vacation and will be back next week. But what do yo guys think? I can't seem to come up with any opther explanation (except my smoking perhaps).
-scared bloody stupid
Post Comment
Another point against leukemia is that, though your WBC is above normal, the white counts of patients with actual CML are more likely to be higher than that of what you currently have.
There are a lot of more common, less morbid reasons for elevation of WBC such as stress, bacterial infections, and even smoking can cause this.
Regards.