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What To Do If Child Has More WBCs In Blood And Was Having Fever, Shivering?

my son is 15 months old. he was having fever 2 weeks before, fever only in mid night time and he use to shiver also at that time. Doctor done the cbc test and said that in blood the WBC is more. it was around 23. but in the urine it was -ve. So can you please assisit me do i need to do anything more to find out whether he is affected by something
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
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Greetings of the day

WBC are quite often elevated during fever. In majority of cases, fever is due to viral infection.
As presently he is not having fever,there seems to be no cause for concern.

Take Care
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What To Do If Child Has More WBCs In Blood And Was Having Fever, Shivering?

Hi Welcome to healthcare-Magic Greetings of the day WBC are quite often elevated during fever. In majority of cases, fever is due to viral infection. As presently he is not having fever,there seems to be no cause for concern. Take Care