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Can Low WBC Count Cause Blue Discolouration Of The Nails, Eye Redness And Diarrhea?

My 28 yr old son, has been diagnosed with low white blood cell count, had a bout of vomiting last night along with his nails turning blue, shaken and short of breath. I put him on my CPAP for 10 min and the pink cam back to his finger nails and his eyes were blood shot. he had diareah this morning. While at the barber shop this morning he felt nuseaded and passed out for 5 minutes. EMT cleared him, however I m still concerned.
Mon, 8 Jan 2018
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It would be good to know if he has ONLY low White cell count or Low counts along with low hemoglobin and low platelets. In case he has Only low Leucocyte counts, then the vomiting and diarrhea could be caused by an infection in his tummy. In case of people with low white cell counts, even minor infections can rapidly spiral out of control. So he needs to be treated for diarrhea with antibiotics. Then again if he has passed out once, then you need to be sure that he does not have low hemoglobin levels because that can mean that he needs a transfusion. Once you get him stabilized out of the infection, he needs to be investigated for the cause of his low counts. Maybe, a Hematology consult will help.
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Can Low WBC Count Cause Blue Discolouration Of The Nails, Eye Redness And Diarrhea?

It would be good to know if he has ONLY low White cell count or Low counts along with low hemoglobin and low platelets. In case he has Only low Leucocyte counts, then the vomiting and diarrhea could be caused by an infection in his tummy. In case of people with low white cell counts, even minor infections can rapidly spiral out of control. So he needs to be treated for diarrhea with antibiotics. Then again if he has passed out once, then you need to be sure that he does not have low hemoglobin levels because that can mean that he needs a transfusion. Once you get him stabilized out of the infection, he needs to be investigated for the cause of his low counts. Maybe, a Hematology consult will help.