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What Causes Low Lymphocytes Count?

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Posted on Mon, 20 Feb 2017
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Question : My lymphocytes are dropping, could this be caused by my chemotherapy tablets (sutent )
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Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Most likely because of sutent

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

Sutent is known to cause this problem of low lymphocytes. It can also cause other blood cell reduction, like low red cells, low neutrophil and low platelets.

So unless the counts are alarmingly low, nothing needs to be done.

Hope this helps.
Regards
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What Causes Low Lymphocytes Count?

Brief Answer: Most likely because of sutent Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for your query. Sutent is known to cause this problem of low lymphocytes. It can also cause other blood cell reduction, like low red cells, low neutrophil and low platelets. So unless the counts are alarmingly low, nothing needs to be done. Hope this helps. Regards