High white blood cell counts can be caused by infections, inflammation, or cancer. Pregnancy often leads to an increased white blood cell count due to physical stress. Medications such as ...

Of 289 patients with bacteremia, 52% had normal WBC count and 17% had neither WBC elevation nor fever. Despite multiple studies showing that a normal white blood cell (WBC) count does not exclude ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2017, my white blood cell count was 8.9 and my lymphocytes were 3.2. My recent blood tests showed a second increase in both numbers, with the WBC 10.2 and lymphocytes 4.8. My doctor ...

A CBC is a common procedure that measures the different components in the blood. Doctors will measure different blood cell levels and compare them with the expected levels for a person of the same age ...

Even when patients have normal white blood cell (WBC) counts, elevated band counts may diagnose infection and prompt earlier initiation of antibiotics, report researchers. "Our findings suggest that ...

The fact that leukocytosis is associated with infection does not mean that the white blood cell count is a good test for infection, because many patients with infection have no leukocytosis, and many ...

A pregnant person’s white blood cell count may increase throughout pregnancy and immediately after. Treatment is usually unnecessary unless there is an underlying infection. White blood cells (WBCs), ...