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What Causes White Blood Cells Go Wrong?

Someone I know does his own tattoos, he is now in the hospital again because they are finding something wrong with his white blood cells. The doctors can't tell determine what it is. Family members thinking its him doing his own tattoos and not sterilizing them appropriately. Any suggestions to What this may be?
Mon, 17 Nov 2014
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Hello,

the data you've provided are not sufficient for a specific answer but I'll give you the best I can.
This kind of exposure to unsterilized tattoo equipment poses danger for various infectious diseases including hepatitis and other serious ones. I could not guess which one is the cause in his case and if it has to do with piercing. I would need more clinical details for that.
Please note that almost any kind of infection inflicts changes in white blood cells count, so this is not a specific finding.
I hope I've helped!
If you'd like you could ask again with more details about his condition - including symptoms, tests etc.

Kind Regards!
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What Causes White Blood Cells Go Wrong?

Hello, the data you ve provided are not sufficient for a specific answer but I ll give you the best I can. This kind of exposure to unsterilized tattoo equipment poses danger for various infectious diseases including hepatitis and other serious ones. I could not guess which one is the cause in his case and if it has to do with piercing. I would need more clinical details for that. Please note that almost any kind of infection inflicts changes in white blood cells count, so this is not a specific finding. I hope I ve helped! If you d like you could ask again with more details about his condition - including symptoms, tests etc. Kind Regards!