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How To Decrease White Blood Count After Cholecystectomy Procedure?
Help me understand this. My dad is 80 and just has undergone a Cholecystectomy procedure. He has become lethargic and hallucinating in the 7 days following his surgery. The symptoms were immediately following his procedure. As this is already 7 days later, the anesthesia is no longer considered a viable problem.Today the doctors found his white blood counts to be high (2600) for the first time since the surgery 7 days ago.. What could we be dealing with as a complication?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Dear friend , greetings ... i understand your problem .. white cells increased in blood indicated there is active infection in the post operative period .. please admit him he need s a course of IV antibiiotics and stabilization at hospital under good care ... please take him to the hospital soon.. do contact us for more queries ... thank you
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