Is TLC Count Of 22,000 A Cause For Concern When Diagnosed With Pneumonia?

Posted on Mon, 5 Dec 2016

Question: My husband is 64 and he is having muscle spasms in his stomach and his white cell count is 22,000 the er doctor said it is from a abscess tooth they did ex-rays and the dr. said it looked like pneumonia and did a ct but did not say what it showed

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Pneumonia, needs management

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking

i read your question and i understand your concern. Raised TLC of 22 thousand with pain in epigastrium and x rays showing abscess makes it pneumonia and CT scan might just be confirming the pneumonia. Your husband needs prompt antibiotics with broad spectrum probably in combination and good chest physiotherapy and proper nutritive support and hopefully he will recover in a couple of weeks.

I hope it helps. take good care of your husband and yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.

Regards
Khan

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar