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What Could Be The WBC Level Indicate In Blood Test When Having Pancreatic Cancer?
My husband has unrespectable pancreatic cancer...his wbc is 4.4, his lymphocytes are 0.4, his granulocytes% is 86.0, his RBC is4.04, his hgb is 11.0, hct is 35.3 and mchc is 31.2....I m very concerned...his nurse practitioner did not explain these to me...any help will be appreciated...my emails is angelicgaston @yahoo.com...thanks
Mon, 24 Nov 2014
Thanks for your question on HCM.
I want to ask you few questions first.
1. Does your husband on chemotherapy?
2. Does your husband have fever?
His total WBC count is on slightly lower side.
And this is seen when patient is taking chemotherapy. As chemotherapy drugs are immunosuppressive in nature, low WBC count can be seen.
His neutrophils are very high, so of he is having fever than chances of bacterial infection are high.
Otherwise report is good.
I want to ask you few questions first.
1. Does your husband on chemotherapy?
2. Does your husband have fever?
His total WBC count is on slightly lower side.
And this is seen when patient is taking chemotherapy. As chemotherapy drugs are immunosuppressive in nature, low WBC count can be seen.
His neutrophils are very high, so of he is having fever than chances of bacterial infection are high.
Otherwise report is good.
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