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WBC High, Smoke, Inflammation In Neck, Back. Blood Work Shows Elevation In Autoimmune Disease. Why?
for years i have had a high white blood count, went to oncolgy for 2 years everything negative, still white blood count high, I do smoke, and I have lots of inflammation in my neck and back, I go to pain management, last blood work showed white blood count high again, and also showed a slight elevation for autoimmune disease, it was so slight that they cant say why know why, who can i se to get to the bottom of this
Tue, 22 Oct 2013
I think you need to see a hematologist to know exactly why the blood count is so high permanently.
Slightly elevated blood counts may be high due to recurrent infections and steroid use however not persistent and not very high. Any counts that is more then 20000 is pathological and you also need to see what part of the count is high like neutrophils or eosinophils?
The best answer is doing a bone marrow biopsy
Slightly elevated blood counts may be high due to recurrent infections and steroid use however not persistent and not very high. Any counts that is more then 20000 is pathological and you also need to see what part of the count is high like neutrophils or eosinophils?
The best answer is doing a bone marrow biopsy
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