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How To Treat A Person Having High WBC And Symptoms Like Weight Loss And Night Sweats?
My dad is currently teaching english is China. Not a great place for health care. Before he left, he was having some issues with his prostate. His "numbers" were high, but with antibiotics, and good eating habits, he got the numbers low enough to get a clean bill of health for China. He's now been there for 4 months. He's lost 20 pounds. He gets cold very easily. Then every night he gets the sweats. So bad that he has to change his pi's and put a towel down on the bed. He's gotten his blood tested there. Everything seems normal, but his white blood cell count is high....meaning there is some kind of an infection, but where we don't know. They don't want to do a biopsy because the medical system there is so poor. Do you know what might be causing the weight loss and night sweats?
Fri, 10 Jan 2014
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Thanks for the query to HCM.
As you mentioned that 4 months back his W B C were high and resolved ( came back to normal ) after antibiotics treatment .Also there was enlargement of prostate as this is very common in this age group ( around or after 55 years), so don't worry about that.
Your father also having cold , weight loss , high W B C counts so all these symptoms are an indication of lung infection and may be due to .
Tuberculosis , diagnosis can be confirmed by X ray chest with blood for E S R and C B C , MOntox's test.
In such symptoms biopsy is not necessary but examination of lungs is very important so get it be done as early as possible.
I would like to recommend to visit a physician or pulmonologist as earliest to sort this problem.
Good luck.
Dr. HET
Thanks for the query to HCM.
As you mentioned that 4 months back his W B C were high and resolved ( came back to normal ) after antibiotics treatment .Also there was enlargement of prostate as this is very common in this age group ( around or after 55 years), so don't worry about that.
Your father also having cold , weight loss , high W B C counts so all these symptoms are an indication of lung infection and may be due to .
Tuberculosis , diagnosis can be confirmed by X ray chest with blood for E S R and C B C , MOntox's test.
In such symptoms biopsy is not necessary but examination of lungs is very important so get it be done as early as possible.
I would like to recommend to visit a physician or pulmonologist as earliest to sort this problem.
Good luck.
Dr. HET
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