
What Are The Chances Of Leukaemia When Having High WBC Count?

now am, fully recovered from chicken pox
for the last 4 months am very high in health anxiety , very very high in anxiety
tuesday (17/02/2015) i checked cbc and white clood count is 11900 ( normal range is 4000-11000),lymphocyte=23,rbc=4.84 ,
after seeing this high wbc am started thinking about leukemia all the time from tuesday morning to wednesday evening
wednesday evening (18/02/2015) again i went to another laboratory to check my cbc
my new values are:wbc =13200 , neutrophil =78,lymphocyte=18,rbc=5.2 ,esr =40 (1-20 normal)
am almost died after seeing this report
dont know what to do
it seems like the starting of leukemia
i cant concentrate on anything other than leukemia ,
am attaching my two cbc test reports
for the last 6 days am taking medicine for lprd and anxiety
lprd tablet is (veloz d)
anxiety tablet is (alprax 0.25)
please help me docotor , i cant live with leukemia anxiety
Increase counts is related to chicken pox
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for your query
Based on your query and reports my opinion is as follows
1. Your total WBC counts and ESR is high. Other parameters are within normal limits.
2. High counts are due to past chicken pox infection. Chicken pox is a viral infection causes increase in counts besides high ESR.
3. Though you are symptom free, the counts settle in two to three weeks time.
4. Regarding your doubts on leukemia, in leukemia counts are in lakhs. In your case it is slightly more than higher limit of normal. So that's not significant.
5. If you are still in doubt go for peripheral smear examination to rule out or confirm leukemia.
6. Moreover trust your doctor as he/ she was right in reassuring you.
7. Go for routine fitness schedule, besides healthy nutrition as it creates a sense of well being.
Hope this helps.
Any more questions glad to help again.
Regards
Dr Jyothi BL


Its not leukemia
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for replying
Yes, am quite sure its not leukemia after looking at your reports.
However you can get a peripheral smear examination if still in doubt.
another opinion with different doctor is not necessary.
Stay calm, repeat counts after three weeks, and get a psychiatric opinion.
Hope this helps
If you have any more questions, glad to help again. If not you can close the discussion and rate the answer
Wish you good health
Dr Jyothi BL


after getting the report they said its normal
i will show u the report
i just upload the report , please go through it , and what does it look like ?
peripheral smear is normal
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for replying.
I went through the peripheral smear report.
It is suggestive of normocytic normochromic blood picture with normal WBC number, morphology and distribution.
Platelets are adequate
This rules out leukemia as there are no atypical WBCs seen.
Atypical means blasts or abnormal the precursor cells seen in leukemia.
So the conclusion from all your reports is raised counts are due to past infection and not leukemia.
Hope this helps
If you have any more questions, glad to help again.
If not you can close the discussion and rate the answer.
Regards
Dr Jyothi BL


yes
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Yes. Absolutely.
There is no need for any concern towards your past infection or high Counts.
You are healthy and can lead a normal life.
Get some help to overcome anxiety.
Hope this helps.
If no more questions, do close the discussion and rate the answer.
Regards

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