Title: High White Blood Cell Count - What Does it Mean - Health Hearty
Headings: High White Blood Cell Count – What Does it Mean
High White Blood Cell Count – What Does it Mean
High WBC Count Symptoms
High WBC Count Causes
High WBC Count Treatment
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Content: High WBC count usually means there is increase in production of these cells to fight a possible infection. It may also means it is a reaction to a drug that helps in improving the WBC production. Bone marrow diseases may also cause high white blood cells count. Or it may also be due to an immune system disorder that leads to increase in white blood cell production. There are specific causes that may lead to high WBC count. This may mean the following factors cause high blood cell count: Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
Allergic reaction
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Drugs, such as corticosteroids and epinephrine
Hairy cell leukemia
Hemolytic anemia, which includes sickle cell anemia
Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Infection such sinus infection or bladder infection
Inflammation due to a burn, skin rash or other tissue damage
Inflammatory bowel disease
Measles
Myelofibrosis
Other bacterial infections
Other viral infections
Physical or emotional stress
Polycythemia vera
Pregnancy
Rheumatoid arthritis
Smoking
Surgical spleen removal
Tuberculosis
Whooping cough
High WBCs in urine may also mean a number of conditions like a urinary tract infection, bladder infection, kidney infection, kidney stones or tumor. It may indicate whooping cough, bacterial or viral infection, measles, allergy or leukemia. High WBC Count Treatment
The treatment is based on the underlying cause. As you may have understood from the above paragraph, the high WBC may mean either of the conditions mentioned in the list.