Reasons for high white blood cell count

White blood cells are a very important type of cell in our blood. They play a very important role in our human body. If there is an abnormality in our white blood cells, we must pay attention to it, because an increase or decrease in white blood cells means that there is a problem in our body. So what exactly causes our white blood cell count to be high?

The normal blood sugar level for adults is 4000-10000/μL, for newborns is 15000-20000/μL, and for infants aged 6 months to 2 years is 11000-12000/μL.

Elevated: Leukemia should be excluded when levels are significantly elevated in various cell infections, inflammations, and severe burns.

Reduce: leukopenia, hypersplenism, hematopoietic dysfunction, bone marrow suppression caused by radiation, drugs, chemical toxins, malaria, typhoid, viral infection, paratyphoid

Leukocytosis is common in inflammatory infections, bleeding, poisoning, leukemia, etc. Its reduction is common in viral infectious diseases such as influenza and measles, severe sepsis, drugs or radiation, and certain blood diseases.

White blood cell count (WBC) and white blood cell differential count (DC): White blood cells in the blood include neutrophils, eosinophils, alkaliphils, and lymphocytes. The white blood cell count (WBC) in the test report refers to the total number of white blood cells in the blood, while the differential count refers to the percentage of each type of white blood cell. Since various white blood cells have different physiological functions, the number of different types of white blood cells may change under different pathological conditions.

Generally speaking, we only need to master the white blood cell count, neutrophil (N) and lymphocyte (L) classification, because in daily life, doctors judge whether the body has an infection based on the number of white blood cells, and then judge what type of infection it is and what type of medicine should be used based on the classification of white blood cells. Generally speaking, if the number of neutrophils increases, it means bacterial infection, and if the number of lymphocytes increases, it means viral infection.

In the above article, we introduced what white blood cells are. We know that white blood cells play a very important role in us. If the number of white blood cells increases or decreases, we must pay attention. The above article analyzes the reasons for high white blood cell counts.