i had walking pnenumonia so was put on antibotics and then they did blood work and called and told me my white blood count is to high
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High WBC count means your body is fighting an infection.  Those are your immune cells and they are in high numbers because you are sick and they are trying to fight it off.
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shahid assalamoalaikum, write to me, you can always retest the blood from another lab for verification and then consider doing what is known as virus load, you can always consider a second opinion too, good luck
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Yeah, you should see the rheumatologist.  The previous poster is right, the creatine kinase (CK or CPK) tends to go up when patients are on cholesterol medicines, or right after heavy exercise.  That being said, an elevation of CK in the setting of fatigue (like you're describing) makes me worry about myositis, usually an autoimmune problem.  see the rheumatologist (the autoimmune specialist), and they'll work it up further.  Like the prev poster said, it could be hypothyroidism, but I'd doubt it.  It's not malignant hyperthermia or neuroleptic malignant syndrome, I'll guarantee you that.
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On the 17th of Feb I walked into a hospital and fell down with a heart attack, when I woke up I was stable in the emergency room, the doctor said he was going to run some test in the morning.  The next morning I was feeling much better and they took me down and did a ultra sound on my heart and said it looked fine, then they took me over to do a stress test.  I could not walk on the treadmill cause I just had back surgery about 4 week ago so they did the tes chemicaly through my veins, it was to take about 4 min to do.  About 3 1/2 min into the test I felt very weird on my left side and was then told I was having a full blown stroke.  I was then rushed up to the ICU floor and I was not feeling so good, aparently I was in critical condition.  Mind you a week before this I also found out I had a bleeding ulcer in my stomach.  Anyway the doctors did some MRI's and CAT Scans on me and could not find where the blood clot was that was causing my stroke and they also could not get a hold of my wife.  About an hour and a half went by and I was more coherant so the doctor told me that I might die if they could not get the blood flow back in to my brain, so then he told me their was a new drug called TPA that might find the clot and dissolve it but that I would only have a 2% chance of living through it because of my ulcer and bleeding in the brain, there was only a 3 hour window to be abel to use this medicine and 2 hrs have already passed.  I decided a long time ago I was never going to be a burden to no one including my wife so I told the doctor to give me the TPA, and he did. I went into a coma for about 3 to 4 hrs but I did wake up and saw my lovely wife Lisa crying beside me, I told everything would be ok, she smiled a little.  About six hours had passed with no improvement until I looked down at my left toes and saw they were moving, talk about the best feeling you ever had in your life...so an hour later I was moving my fingers then my arm then my leg and I stayed up for the next 24hrs just moving my left side.  The doctors said my face lifted back into place, no more droop.  By Sat the 20th I was on my was home still a little week but with a clean bill of health.  The doctors said I get to go back to work next Monday and I feel great.  I have decided to take life by the horns and do everything I always wanted to, I just signed up for a Tai Kuan Do class.\n\nSo yes you can pray for me, pray this never happens again.\n\nThanks \n\nDon
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Honestly, you need to speak with your hematologist.  I also have itp, and after a bad spell in 2002 and transfusions followed by steroids, luckily, my levels have been fairly steady, in the 65k-90k range generally.  I'd make sure that you are taking regular vitamins and just speak with your Dr.  Good luck!
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it could be caused my the extra iron they put in pre-natal vitamins, but call your doc, not worth the risk.
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Luckily the aplastic crisis is transient.  That means the blood count problem will be temporary.  Sometimes this happens because of an infection or from a drug.  You can hang out with her as long as her doctor says her white blood count is normal.  Have fun but let her rest a lot and don't let her get stressed out.  Good luck.
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You could also be anemic.  Have a blood test done and check that out.
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I'm 45 and I was always tired with no energy, people told me I was to young to feel tired all the time so I went to the doctor and took blood test and I was real bad amenia and now I'm taking treatments for it you really need to go get blood test done and make sure you have an iron ananalsy to see if your body holds iron mind did not absorb iron so get it checked before it could lead to alot of other things to go wrong...
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Be careful taking so much Apirin each day..it is not just a pain reliever..it is also what is termed..anti-coagulant. It thins the blood and makes you suceptible to bleeding and easily bruising. My advice as a registered nurse is to go to your doctor and explain what has been going on. They can then order the appropriate blood work up and talk to you about the results and things to do regarding your health. Tell them about your familial history too, it is important. Stay safe and get cracking to the doctor ok..:)
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Could mean that you have low iron levels, anemia. Perhaps, your immune system is compromised, which would account of low white blood cells.  You should further discuss your results with a doctor. Maybe you can start taking an iron supplement.
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free just go to a walmart in your area and there is a bloodtest in the medical center
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Yes, if you're really concerned ask your doctor for a pro-time test. This checks how quickly your blood thickens. If it's too short you need to go on blood thinners, if it's too long your a hemopheliac and there are meds for that as well. Doctors actually check this with normal blood tests, but ask and see what they say. Good luck.
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I give blood all the time but I never have gotten paid for it. It isn't unheard of thugh. Otherwise, I've always had a good experience with it. You could pass out and depending on the person doing it you could get bruising around the area and there are always very small risks of infections. It's bad if you're anemic but they test for that before hand. If you d, be sure to eat first fruits/grains and sweets are good and they usually provide cookies. Also drink a lot of water or juice. The only things that have ever happened to me was being really tired for like an hour afterwards.
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you need to report this to the lab Director,never be afraid to tell health care workers to wash their hands /change gloves you really must watch out for yourself and your health in dealing with any health care system
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Though they may call that test that, they are NOT checking for iron.\n\nThe test is technically called a 'hematocrit' and is intended to test the amount of red blood cells in your blood.  This test is required by law, though the actual form of the test may vary depending on where you are going.  For accurate results like you're desribing, they probably centrifuged your blood and measured the volume directly.\n\nThere are lots of things which can affect the amount of red blood cells you have kicking around, and one of the more common problems is an iron deficiency.  This is probably why it is often referred to as 'checking your iron'.  Other things include illness, bleeding, and sometimes just a natural tendancy in some people to have less.\n\nNow... I can tell what you're thinking.  "If I'm giving PLATELETS, what difference does it make if I don't have enough red blood cells.  I get everything but the platelets back, right?"  And this is completely true.  Usually.  The wrinkle is that the apheresis machine which separates out your platelets usually has about a half a litre of your blood in it while it's operating.  If something should go wrong, either in the machine or if you have a reaction, they may have to just pull the needle from your arm and you'll be out that much blood.  So they want to make sure you have enough to lose!\n\nAnd just as there are things that lower the amount of red blood cells you have circulating, there are also things that raise it.  Making sure you're eating enough iron is a good one... but be careful with this.  Iron in large amounts can be toxic, and vitamin C eaten at the same time can interfere with your digestion of iron.  Donating whole blood regularly can prompt your system to overproduce red blood cells a little bit to compensate.  Likewise with spending time at high altitudes.  Female people may just want to schedule such appointments before instead of after their 'time of the month'.\n\nHope all that helps!  Don't get discouraged... lots of people end up with a low hematocrit from time to time.  Donating is a GREAT thing!
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As a general rule, antibiotics do not cause a decrease of white blood cells (WBCs).  WBCs are one of the main ways the body fights infection.  Because your son had a recent illness the WBC count most likely increased during that period in order to fight his infection.  If his blood count had been tested during the infection, it is likely the WBCs would have been high.  Following his illness, after the body did its job (with the help of the antibiotics)  one would expect the WBC count to be low while they are replenished to a normal level.    I have been an Emergency Room R.N for 13 years, and this is a frequent topic of teaching I have with my patients.