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My child was diagnosed with pneumonia. her white blood cells were high. is this normal?
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YES YOU CAN HAVE HIG: Yes you can have high white blood cells when you have a bacterial infection, and if your child has bacterial pneumonia, his white count was up and that is normal with pnumonia.
Answered 3/24/2013
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Too often together: In pneumonia the WBC count is often elevated as WBC fight infection.
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