I recently visited my physician and had blood work done. At the visit, they took my blood pressure which was 86/52. The results came back for my blood and everything was fine, besides my WBC. They said it was 3.4, I understand that s nothing seriously low but it is concerning to me since they felt the need to tell me about that. I ve had problems with my digestive track as well. My headaches are horrible when they randomly hit. I ve been having these symptoms for months now. I m a 19 year old female and shouldn t be having these problems, please help me find some type of answer, or lead me in the right direction.
Hello. Thanks for asking on Chat Doctor. Your WBC count is slightly low. Normal ranges are from 4-11 thousand per cubic mm. Now what was the reason you visited the Healthcare facility? WBC commonly lowers in transient viral infections. Viral gastrointestinal infections could be a cause. However often the count rises to normal values few days after the infection has resolved. However, other causes of neutropenia are overwhelming bacterial infections, long term use of certain Chat Doctor.  In these cases the WBC count remains low for long periods of life. Better would be to get yourself tested again after 20-30 days. Most probably your transient neutropenia might have resolved by then. If still not resolved then you'll have to consult a hematologist to look for underlying causes. Thanks.