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What Causes Low WBC Count And Head Rushes?
My 16 year old grandson is to have a repeat blood test as his WBC is low He has been having "head rushes" when he stands up but otherwise feels very well He is growing fast - is over 6ft3ins He is a competitive swimmer - very keen and does up to 4 hours training daily- early morning and evening Seems to have a good diet and very health conscious how worried should we be and anything to help ? Thanks
Thu, 3 Jul 2014
There are many causes of low wbc starting from simple viral infection to life threatening apastic anemia.and same from platelets. You have head rashs so your platelets might be on lower side. You shoud do complete blood count and peripheral smear examination to search for the cause.and then take treatment according to causes.
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