Suggest Remedy For Low Appetite And Less Immunity In Child

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2015

Question: Hi, my son just got results from blood tests back. Should I be concerned with a Neutrophil ratio of 0.336, Lymphocyte ratio of 0.557 and a Neutrophil count of 1.6 ? He is always fighting a cold, nose bleeds, sore throat and has looked generally under the weather for about the past 6-8 months. He also has a difficult time eating (low appetite) and putting on weight.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Reports are normal. Nothing to worry about.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.

I have gone through the translated version of the attached document. The reports seem absolutely fine. Rather than going into the relative ratio, I would rather say that a total leucocyte count of 4600/cumm, Neutrophil 33.6% and lymphocyte 55.7% are absolutely fine and there is nothing to worry about. Let me also mention that such reports can also be present in case of a viral infection. In any case, you need not worry.

Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad