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Can Fever And Sore Throat Lead To High Monocyte Levels?

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2019

Question: Monocytes are way high. What do you think? I did have a little fever the day before and soarthroat. Can that be the cause or should I investigate further. My doctor said all was good until I checked the results myself.

CBC (INCLUDES DIFF/PLT) 03/11/2018 (#0000, Final, 03/10/2018 9:26am)
Report     Result     Ref. Range     Units          Status     Lab
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT     10.0     3.8-10.8     Thousand/uL     Normal     Final     TP
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT     4.98     4.20-5.80     Million/uL     Normal     Final     TP
HEMOGLOBIN     14.8     13.2-17.1     g/dL     Normal     Final     TP
HEMATOCRIT     42.8     38.5-50.0     %     Normal     Final     TP
MCV     85.9     80.0-100.0     fL     Normal     Final     TP
MCH     29.7     27.0-33.0     pg     Normal     Final     TP
MCHC     34.6     32.0-36.0     g/dL     Normal     Final     TP
RDW     13.1     11.0-15.0     %     Normal     Final     TP
PLATELET COUNT     221     140-400     Thousand/uL     Normal     Final     TP
MPV     9.8     7.5-12.5     fL     Normal     Final     TP
ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHILS     7210     1500-7800     cells/uL     Normal     Final     TP
ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTES     1410     850-3900     cells/uL     Normal     Final     TP
ABSOLUTE MONOCYTES     1330     200-950     cells/uL     High     Final     TP
ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHILS     20     15-500     cells/uL     Normal     Final     TP
ABSOLUTE BASOPHILS     30     0-200     cells/uL     Normal     Final     TP
NEUTROPHILS     72.1          %     Normal     Final     TP
LYMPHOCYTES     14.1          %     Normal     Final     TP
MONOCYTES     13.3          %     Normal     Final     TP
EOSINOPHILS     0.2          %     Normal     Final     TP
BASOPHILS     0.3          %     Normal     Final     TP
NOTE FROM LAB     FASTING:YES
FASTING: YES

Answered by Dr. Monish De (54 minutes later)

Brief Answer:

Blood culture test

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Your absolute monocyte count is high.

Absolute monocytes are white blood cells that help other white blood cells to remove dead or damaged tissues, destroy cancer cells and regulate immunity against foreign substances.

Inflammation, viral infection such as measles and mumps, severe bacterial infection like pneumonia, the parasitic infection may cause high absolute monocyte count

Since you had a fever and sore throat you need to do a blood culture test

I will also advise you to do regular exercise, weight management and have adequate sleep to help normalize your absolute monocyte count.

Food that contains high antioxidant property can help to boost immunity and reduce the incidence of infection and bring back absolute monocyte count to a normal level

Eat plenty of spinach, onion, garlic, turmeric, black, cumin, grapes, cherries and broccoli

Hope I have answered your query.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Monish De, Oncologist

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng