Title: High White Blood Cell Count - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment | HealthMD
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High White Blood Cell Count
Content: High White Blood Cell Count - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment | HealthMD
High White Blood Cell Count
Last Updated On June 26, 2015 By surekha
Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow and distributed throughout the body. The major function of white blood cells or leukocytes is to protect the body from any foreign particles like bacteria, virus or other micro-organisms. Thus it acts as a defense system protecting your health and preventing you from many foreign invaders and for this reason they are known as disease fighting agents or leucocytes. WBC Count : Any blood count test will give you the number of WBC, RBC and platelets in the body. All these elements should be in proper proportion to keep your body healthy. However the number of white blood cell may go down drastically or increase significantly. Any deviation from the normal range of WBC or RBC can cause problem. Leukocytosis is the medical term given for high white blood cell count. For a healthy adult, count of 4500 – 11,000 leukocytes in 1 microliter of blood is considered to be normal.