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Low blood pressure and low white blood cell count

A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology 51 years experience
Not per se: High blood pressure by itself does not affect blood cell counts.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok
Pediatrics 35 years experience
No. Why. Maybe.: No, eating spicy chips should not raise a person's blood WBC count. However, a super high adrenalin level, such as gasping to swallow or breathe becau... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander
Pathology 46 years experience
You're fine: Normal WBC. I trust lymphocyte and neutrophil counts were fine also. Take the prenisone for the poison ivy only if it's so bad you can't sleep otherwi... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Shaban Faruqui
Specializes in Gastroenterology
?colitis with? Sepsi: History short No physical examination Suggestive of colon or small bowel infection,/ inflamation , with drop in BP suggesting possible sepsis./ dehy... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Dugan
Specializes in Hematology
No: In most labs a low normal WBC cut off is about 4. Rbc not all that important. Clinical numbers of import are hemogolbin (HGB) and hematocrit (hct).
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Richard Amerling
Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Yes!: Orthostatic hypotension can be a sign of volume depletion ("dehydration"). You should see your doctor and hold off on exforge (amlodipine and valsart... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Alan Ali
Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Leukopenia: Recent infection such as flu, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, aplastic anemia, hiv, lupus, hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer, typhoid, malaria, tb, sepsis, ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Rubenstein
Hematology and Oncology 47 years experience
Many causes.: Low WBC can be due to nutritional factors, infections (esp. Viral infections), autoimmune diseases, inhereted defects, leukemias and other bone marrow... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jay Park
Dr. Jay Parkanswered
Pediatrics 52 years experience
Viral infection: Leukopenia, low white cell count, is most often caused by viral infection. A number of different conditions or infections have to be considered as we... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Rubenstein
Hematology and Oncology 47 years experience
Many causes.: Low WBC can be due to nutritional factors, infections (esp. Viral infections), autoimmune diseases, inhereted defects, leukemias and other bone marrow... Read More
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