Question 1

what does it mean if there are white blood cells in my spinal fluid?

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How many and what: kind of white cells? Up to five normal lymphocytes per cubic mm is okay, anything more demands investigation.

Question 2

what would cause six days of vomiting, and over a 5 gallon bucket worth of vomiting? no food kept down, went to the er twice for fluid, normal ct and chest x-ray, normal labs including cbc with slightly elevated white blood cells. no meds helping?

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: There are many things that cause vomiting. Stomach blockages, infections , toxicity and psychogenic.

Question 3

please tell me what anitibiotics can lower white blood cell count in spinal fluid?

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The antibiotic: Choice must be guided by the culture and sensitivity report from the microbiology lab.

Question 4

what anitibiotics are there to use to lower white blood cell count in spinal fluid?

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Need more info: Are we talking about meningitis or one of the numerous other conditions that can cause white cells to be in the spinal fluid? If it is a bacterial infection, then cultures will tell you what antibiotics are appropriate. If it is a viral infection, no antibiotics are needed.

Question 5

i had a spinal tap done and the red blood cell count in csf was 2000+ marked as elevated. what does this mean?it should be 0 accordinh to sheat

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Bloody tap or bleed: Since you're able to type this question coherently, I gather that your health didn't suffer after the lumbar puncture, so that would probably rule out a cerebral bleed (hemorrhage) as a cause of the blood cells in CSF. Most likely the RBCs came from a "bloody tap" - trauma to blood vessels of the back from the needle. Normally, no vessels are damaged, but doctors are not perfect! Hope all is well.

Question 6

how do i treat elevated white blood cells?

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How elevated?: All laboratory results need to be interpreted in the clinical context and the doctor who ordered the tests is usually in the best position to do that. Having said that, elevated white cells is not a diagnosis. The cause of elevated white cells needs to be treated. It is not feasible to provide a meaningful opinion without taking additional history, physical examination and may be additional tests.

Question 7

does cancer cause elevated white blood cells?

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Yes it can on occasi: Advanced cancer can be associated with high white blood cell(wbc) count. It is called a para-neoplastic syndrome and is felt to be due to chemicals released from cancer cells which then stimulate production of wbcs.

Question 8

what to do if i have a lymphoid on the back of my neck and elevated white blood cells. what can that mean?

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Could be chronic: Infection, and although rare at your age, it could also be a slow growing non hodgkin's lymphoma.

Question 9

i'm just wondering, if you have herpes will you always have elevated white blood cells level?

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Not necessarily : And likely not. Viral infections due not always correlate with wbc.

Question 10

i had an outbreak of hsv2 in april. a blood test yesterday showed what the doc said was "slightly elevated white blood cells". could the 2 be related?

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Yes, but so what?: Conceivably the two are related, but it doesn't matter.  A white blood count elevation which is only slight is not problematic per se. So it's either due to the HSV (which you already know you have) or it's due to an unidentifiable non-problem.

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What does it mean if there are white blood cells in my spinal fluid?

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What would cause six days of vomiting, and over a 5 gallon bucket worth of vomiting? no food kept down, went to the er twice for fluid, normal ct and chest x-ray, normal labs including cbc with slightly elevated white blood cells. no meds helping?

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Please tell me what anitibiotics can lower white blood cell count in spinal fluid?

A member asked:

What anitibiotics are there to use to lower white blood cell count in spinal fluid?

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I had a spinal tap done and the red blood cell count in csf was 2000+ marked as elevated. what does this mean?it should be 0 accordinh to sheat

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How do i treat elevated white blood cells?

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Does cancer cause elevated white blood cells?

A member asked:

What to do if i have a lymphoid on the back of my neck and elevated white blood cells. what can that mean?

A member asked:

I'm just wondering, if you have herpes will you always have elevated white blood cells level?

A member asked:

I had an outbreak of hsv2 in april. a blood test yesterday showed what the doc said was "slightly elevated white blood cells". could the 2 be related?

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