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high atypical lymphocyte count
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Rosenthal answered
20 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Lots of B cells: A lymphocyte enumeration is a count of the lymphocytes in your blood. Lymphocytes primarily include t-cells, b-cells, and nk-cells. B-cells are iden ... Read More
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Dr. Raymond Schneider answered
45 years experience Family Medicine
Viral: Usually if we do a blood count for a person with an infection would look at the total white count as well as the differential. A high white count with ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
43 years experience Pathology
It's just you: Reference ranges are set so that several percent of healthies fall outside on either side. If you're older and actually seem sick and the absolute cou ... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kenneth Cheng answered
30 years experience Family Medicine
Maybe nothing: Additional info is needed to comment on a low neutrophil and lymphocyte count. How low? Are the monocytes, eosinophils, or basophils elevated? What is ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Martin Rubenstein answered
44 years experience Hematology and Oncology
Unclear: Lymphocyte "count" usually refers to blood. In tissues lymphocytes can be benign and due to inflammation or autoimmune disease, but can also be malig ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Luis Villaplana answered
34 years experience Internal Medicine
I AM SORRY BUT PLEA: Rephrase your question. I can't quite understand.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Hoffman answered
34 years experience General Surgery
Speed of rise varies: When a sudden jump occurs in the white count, it suggests acute inflammation like appendicitis. There will be a higher than normal lymphocyte count an ... Read More
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Dugan answered
Specializes in Hematology
It depends: One cannot look just at lynphocyte and neutrophil percentages. It must be interpreted in the context of the total white blood cell count.
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A male asked:
Dr. Hamsa Jayaraj answered
53 years experience Internal Medicine
No: Any chronic infection can cause high lymphocytic count.
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
32 years experience Pediatrics
Depends on details: Blood counts are done for a reason. Sometimes there are ill symptoms, other times the test is routine screening for a check-up. Without the reason for ... Read More
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