Question 1

my white blood cell count was 6.25... is this normal or low? is it okay to take prednisone for poison ivy with this wbc count?

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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 otherwise. We're glad to help.

Question 2

what are the causes for low white blood cell count?

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Many causes.: Low WBC can be due to nutritional factors, infections (esp. Viral infections), autoimmune diseases, inhereted defects, leukemias and other bone marrow cancers, meylodysplasia, drug reactions, and even unknown causes.  The problem with this is infection, but the risk depends on how low the WBC is.  Only with very low WBC is there a risk of death.

Question 3

what are possible causes of low white blood cell count?

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Many: Primary or secondary blood disorder, infection, immunologic diseases, medication, and many other possibilities.

Most causes would be treatable.

If this has been confirmed then consultation with a hematologist would be appropriate.

Question 4

what are some causes a low white blood cell count in a woman?

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Low white cell count: Viral infections often cause leukopenia (low white blood cell count). Other causes:  depressed bone marrow, poisoning, chemical burns, malnutrition, chemotherapy, radiation, etc.

Question 5

what are the causes of low white blood cell count in children?

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Often a virus!: While blood cell count can be low with viral infections.  Important to make sure that the red blood cell count and hemoglobin are normal and that the while blood cells are normal in appearance.  If wbc, rbc and platelets are low, intervention by hematologist is necessary and may require bone marrow.  Low WBC should be followed and return to normal when over the viral infection!

Question 6

low white blood cell count cause?

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Leukopenia: Recent infection such as flu, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, aplastic anemia, hiv, lupus, hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer, typhoid, malaria, tb, sepsis, folate deficiency, copper & zinc deficiency, medications such as wellbutrin, (bupropion) depakote, lamictal, clozapine, minocycline, flagyl, interferone, arsenic toxicity.

Question 7

what's the cause for low white blood cell count?

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Many causes.: Low WBC can be due to nutritional factors, infections (esp. Viral infections), autoimmune diseases, inhereted defects, leukemias and other bone marrow cancers, meylodysplasia, drug reactions, and even unknown causes.  The problem with this is infection, but the risk depends on how low the WBC is.  Only with very low WBC is there a risk of death.

Question 8

what causes a teen to have low white blood cell count?

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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 well.

Question 9

what might cause someone to have low hemoglobin and low white blood cell count?

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Possibilities...: Viral infection causing bone marrow suppression. Once the body fights off the virus, the bone marrow recovers and the anemia and leukopenia resolve. More serious causes can include aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, leukemia, or other cancers that spread to the bone marrow.

Question 10

does hsv caused low white blood cell count?

Accepted Answer

Not usually: Hsv, even during the acute phase does not later blood cell counts materially. See this site for more info.
http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/understanding-genital-herpes-2518-143.html?ic=4018.

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