Title: Is it unlikely to have an elevated WBC count if you have the flu? - Quora
Headings: Is it unlikely to have an elevated WBC count if you have the flu?
Is it unlikely to have an elevated WBC count if you have the flu?
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Liang-Hai Sie
Charles Bollmann
Laura Hatcher
Linda M. Luera
James Orr
Julia Hillebrand
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John Hawke
Sunitha Parapatla
Richa Binani
Harry Kiesel
Vidhu Chaudhary (Swa-Knowledge)
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Content: anemia
tumors in the bone marrow
leukemia
inflammatory conditions, such as arthritis and bowel disease
stress
exercise
tissue damage
pregnancy
allergies
asthma
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Depends on the situation. ONE SHOULD NOT TRY TO INTERPRET A LABORATORY TEST WITHOUT A CLINICAL HISTORY. For instance, in the first few days after birth, the white cell count can rise to levels that would be extremely high for an adult, and decline only slowly over weeks. Or to consider another analyte*: Our head of chemistry was talking about laboratory values and asked how we (his audience) would interpret a high-appearing value for plasma alkaline phosphatase.