Question 1

What does a high monocyte count indicate?

Accepted Answer

Increased monocytes may be caused by many different disorders. The most common causes are infection and recovery from neutropenia (low neutrophils in the blood). Other causes include collagen vascular diseases, ulcerative colitis, sprue, sarcoidosis and hematologic diseases.

Question 2

What does a high monocyte mean?

Accepted Answer

All lab results need to be interpreted in the clinical context and the doctor who ordered the test is usually in the best position to do that. A high monocyte count may be seen with tuberculosis and some chronic viral infections.

Question 3

What are monocytes and what does a high count mean?

Accepted Answer

Monocytes are one of the principal type of white blood cell.  In tissues they mature into macrophages and histiocytes, cells that eat up dead tissue, eat up pathogenic organisms, and have important roles otherwise in presenting antigens to lymphocytes.  High monocyte counts likely indicate certain viral infections, such as mononucleosis, or other conditions with immune reactions.

Question 4

Monocyte %high, abs mc low, how does that work? i understand the dif concepts, but that doesn't make sense, can someone explain?

Accepted Answer

Let say that your total white blood cell count was quite low, but of those few cells present, most of them are monocytes, thus the % of monocytes of the total wbcs would be high. However, since you don't have many wbcs to begin with, your absolute monocyte number would be abnormally low (a high % of a really low number is still too low).

Question 5

Do you know if lymphoma can cause high monocytes?

Accepted Answer

Monocytes are derived from a different type of white cell than lymphoma cell, so it would not be expected that lymphoma would cause high monocytes.  However high monos are seen in people getting chemotherapy.  There are many other causes including some infections and various bone marrow problems.

Question 6

What can cause basophils to be high 6 , and monocytes to be low 2?

Accepted Answer

Realize that the "count" of different types of wbc's (white blood cells) is based on a total of 100.  So anything that shifts one way or the other affects everything else.  For instance - if you have a bacterial infection and your neutrophils are high (80) - everything else will be "low".  Basophils of 6 is a minor elevation.  But....In general - inflammation, increased estrogen, asthma, sinusitis.

Question 7

I have a low heamoglobin and high monocyte count. what does this mean?

Accepted Answer

Low hemoglobin always requires a workup. It may be anything from lack of iron in the diet to replace losses from your periods to a minor hereditary item like thal minor to something serious. Ignore the percentage counts of different white cells; if the absolute monocyte count is more than 1000 (assuming all normally-formed), it might point to something but only if there are other symptoms / signs.

Question 8

High monocytes 3 yrs (2020 -15.7%) (2021-15.5% with 0.97 absolute) (dec. 22 18.6% with 1.26 absolute). what is the range that is considered high? over 2? mine is now 1.26. 86 yo woman?

Accepted Answer

We'd like to know the results of the entire cbc& differential count. If the rest of these are within normal limits, I wouldn't be concerned with a slight elevation of monocytes. However a count over 10% is abnormal but would be nonspecific if the rest of the cbc&diff is ok & you're healthy. Otherwise I recommend consulting a hematologist for evaluation and advice.

Question 9

What do elevated monocytes indicate?

Accepted Answer

A number of different types of inflammation, with or without infection can cause increase in monocyte count. It is not, by itself, diagnostic of any disease. It would be prudent to discuss it with the doctor who ordered the test as s/he has more information about your health.

Question 10

What does an elevated monocyte count mean?

Accepted Answer

Monocytes become elevated when the immune system needs to produce more antibodies to handle the  intracellular invading agents.. Mononucleosis is caused by the epstein bar virus which can live within the nucleus and cytoplasm of the cell and suppresses the immune system, and can only be controlled by antibodies made by intracellular monocytes. The monocytes will be elevated as part of the WBC coun.

What is a high monocyte count

What does a high monocyte count indicate?

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What does a high monocyte mean?

What are monocytes and what does a high count mean?

Monocyte %high, abs mc low, how does that work? i understand the dif concepts, but that doesn't make sense, can someone explain?

Do you know if lymphoma can cause high monocytes?

What can cause basophils to be high 6 , and monocytes to be low 2?

I have a low heamoglobin and high monocyte count. what does this mean?

High monocytes 3 yrs (2020 -15.7%) (2021-15.5% with 0.97 absolute) (dec. 22 18.6% with 1.26 absolute). what is the range that is considered high? over 2? mine is now 1.26. 86 yo woman?

What do elevated monocytes indicate?

What does an elevated monocyte count mean?

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