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With gastroenteritis, total wbc isn't raised, the only abnormality is low lymphocytes (339). is this likely a virus, or an autoimmune condition?
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Gastroenteritis: Most gastroenteritis is viral and lasts only a few days at most. Often it lasts only 24-48 hours. The total WBC count is not usually elevated. A low lymphocyte count is normal during such an infection. Here's a research paper describing this phenomenon, called "transient lymphopenia" : http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/1085751.
Answered 9/15/2020
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