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What To Do If Red Blood Cell Count Is Lower And White Blood Cell Count Is Higher And Blood Infection Is Suspected ?
Had blood work done and said the white blood count was very high, but also the red blood count was even higher. He said a blood infection was the cause,he is an oncologist and has 3 chemo planned for 3 weeks . Not sure exactually why the chemo. He ruled out leukemia. e-mail is YYYY@YYYY OH! REDBLOOD IS LOWER, AND WHITE BLOOD IS HIGH
Fri, 27 Jun 2014
Hi,
In leukemia, the WBC count could be high and as it is ruled out, we have to look at other causes.
One possibility I can think of is a malignant tumor from other location, infiltrating into bone marrow, displacing the cells leading to high counts. This condition is called as leukoerythroblastic picture.
If there is tumor in other places, chemo would be planned.
If you talk in counts and it is reduced, anemia is a manifestation of many cancers and due to spillover of WBC into peripheral blood, the count could be high.
However, if your dont know the tumor, if you give me more symptoms, more report details and type of chemo planned, I can help you more.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
Dr. Jyothi BL
In leukemia, the WBC count could be high and as it is ruled out, we have to look at other causes.
One possibility I can think of is a malignant tumor from other location, infiltrating into bone marrow, displacing the cells leading to high counts. This condition is called as leukoerythroblastic picture.
If there is tumor in other places, chemo would be planned.
If you talk in counts and it is reduced, anemia is a manifestation of many cancers and due to spillover of WBC into peripheral blood, the count could be high.
However, if your dont know the tumor, if you give me more symptoms, more report details and type of chemo planned, I can help you more.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
Dr. Jyothi BL
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