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Elevated white blood cell count possible after dtap/hib vaccine, shoudl i be concerned?

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Not necesarily: The shots will stimulate a non specific stress response and can transiently double the WBC count. It usually settles down within a day.The differential pattern of such a reaction shows a pattern of mature rather than new white cells.

Answered 9/14/2017

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