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Can anesthesia affect your wbc count?
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Yes/no: A slight shift in WBC is to be expected after surgery.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Yes: Depending on the length of the proced.
Answered 8/18/2012
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Very unlikely: Typical anesthetic drugs do not affect WBC count.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Yes: Temporarily you can have an increase in WBC under anesthesia. This is due to some specific medications rather than an infection like normal. Steroids are particularly known for increasing the wbc.
Answered 4/24/2015
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