A 33-year-old female asked:
my wife has been referred to hematologist and i'm worried. she has been having abdominal pains and slightly enlarged spleen (14) and high wbc count?
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Dr. Sewa Legha answered
50 years experience Medical Oncology
Provide us the numbe: High WBC count can be due to many different reasons. If you can send us the report of the complete blood count(CBC) and the differential count, we can answer your question better. We need to know how high is the WBC count and what is the percentage of different white cells.
Answered on Nov 1, 2015
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Ideas: Sorry, but I can't answer this until your wife's hematologist attends to her.
If possible please go with her.
Please let me know how things develop.
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Dr. William A Biermann answered
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Relax for now: We are often asked to see many patients for abnormal or elevated blood counts. Often these are not dangerous problem, but other doctor who are not blo ... Read More
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Good luck: This may be anything from whooping cough to a mild virus to infectious mononucleosis to cytomegalovirus to leukemia. Please make your appointment and ... Read More
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