Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Neutrophils are white blood cells that fight infection. They can be elevated from infection, inflammation or certain cancers. Low counts can be caused by aplastic anemia, leukemia, and side effects from medications, particularly chemotherapy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 and mine are so elevated all the time, with FM, OA, and Crohns, they will never go back to a normal level according to my dr's. Diane Neutrophils are white blood cells that fight infection. They can be elevated from infection, inflammation or certain cancers. Low counts can be caused by aplastic anemia, leukemia, and side effects from medications, particularly chemotherapy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 In November my neutrophils were very, very low. Normal starts at 1.8 and mine was 0.05. Now, I had bloodwork done in January and they rose to 1.3. I am getting bloodwork done in April because I'm going to my rheumy. So I'll see if they went up. But I didn't have anemia or leukemia or nothing. It just happened. Neutrophils are white blood cells that fight infection. They can be elevated from infection, inflammation or certain cancers. Low counts can be caused by aplastic anemia, leukemia, and side effects from medications, particularly chemotherapy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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