I was just wondering a little bit on this? I went into the emergency room the other day because of severe pains in my stomach and they ran blood tests and they thought it was my gallbladder but it turned out it wasn't because the ultrasound and catscan came back all normal. A doctor came in to talk to me and He told me that I have high whie blood cells for over 2 years nowand they have never been down only increasing. They talked a little big about Leukemia? Could this be possible.. ?? please get back to me. Thanks.
2014-10-28 03:40:31
High white blood cells could mean many different things not just leukemia. Leukemia normally produces extremely high white blood cell counts. On a reference range of ~5-11 your WBC count would normally be in excess of 16 or 17. If your counts are under 15 you are more likely to have many common conditions from allergies and asthma to obesity (not saying you are! :)) high stress levels chronic bacterial infections or sinusitis the list goes on. Of course with a chronic high WBC count doctors want to make sure to rule out the worst first then dig deeper into the issue -- that's just good common sense. If they've constantly risen that may be a cause for concern. Fortunately and I hate saying this as much as the next person Leukemia is quite treatable today. That's absolutely worst case scenario for you though. Follow up with your docs and try seeing a hematologist to get to the root cause of the issue. Take care
2014-10-28 03:41:20
