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What Causes Elevated Neutrophil Levels In Blood?
Question: doctor said i have neutrophilia. gave me antiobiodics. been half a week, white cell count still high. what could it be? leukemia? i have no signs of fever, etc.hi. thanks for answering. not sure what count was, they said double-normal i think? is that Leukemia? i dont have headache or bleeding gums. i feel fatigue - but how severe would the fatigue be? is it just normal fatigue?
Brief Answer:
No
Detailed Answer:
Hello again, the fatigue would be much more severe than normal
Please dont panic, hopefully it is not leukemia.
Just to be double sure please get a peripheral smear done. It will give us an answer
Leukemia will have other associated symptoms like I mentioned headache, bleeding gums, weight loss.
But please get a peripheral smear done just to be.sure
Best wishes
Hello. how high are the counts if it is leukemia the counts will be above 30,000 or so. Do you have any other symptoms like headache bleeding gums, fatigue
If not dont worry, the counts will settle down on their own it could just be reactive neutrophilia
Best wishes
No
Detailed Answer:
Hello again, the fatigue would be much more severe than normal
Please dont panic, hopefully it is not leukemia.
Just to be double sure please get a peripheral smear done. It will give us an answer
Leukemia will have other associated symptoms like I mentioned headache, bleeding gums, weight loss.
But please get a peripheral smear done just to be.sure
Best wishes
Hello. how high are the counts if it is leukemia the counts will be above 30,000 or so. Do you have any other symptoms like headache bleeding gums, fatigue
If not dont worry, the counts will settle down on their own it could just be reactive neutrophilia
Best wishes
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