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What Causes Chronic Pain In Shoulders, Arms And Wrists?
I had been having bad pain in shoulders, arms wrists fingers and knees. Doctor thinks its arthritis and put me on prednesone 40 mg for 1 week, 30mg for 4 days, 20mg for 4 days and now I am on 10mg. Went to doc today and he said to continue however I am looking at printout of my bloodwork and it shows immature grans (abs) 0.3 and neutrophils (absolute) 7.7 - My doctor did not mention this to me. Should I be concerned. Thank you for your help. I am 73 years old female
Thu, 18 Oct 2018
Hello,
Neutrophils - 2.0–7.0×109/l (40–80%)-normal range. Corticosteroids (Prednisone) may induce leucocytosis including an increase in neutrophils and immature granulocyte.
Likely to regress to normal as you are on reduced/maintenance steroid dose.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Tushar Kanti Biswas, Internal Medicine Specialist
Neutrophils - 2.0–7.0×109/l (40–80%)-normal range. Corticosteroids (Prednisone) may induce leucocytosis including an increase in neutrophils and immature granulocyte.
Likely to regress to normal as you are on reduced/maintenance steroid dose.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Tushar Kanti Biswas, Internal Medicine Specialist
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