Immunocompromised: Is when the immune system is not working at optimum as after chemotherapy, after a sickness, being given steroid, immunoproliferative with nonfunctional white cells, in diabetes, in renal failure, in bone marrow depression, people with chronic diseases as in sle, cancer, etc. I think you get the idea, it's not always the count, it's the function.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Yes: Immunocompromised means that you have an impaired immune system but the impairment may be different from one individual to another. People with myeloproliferative disorder can indeed be immune- compromised due to diminished and/or defective number of immune cells (mostly lymphocytes) produced . Low but not high neutrophils also increases the risk to get seriously ill from even minor infections.
Answered 2/26/2014
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