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The causes and treatments for low white blood cell count

The violation of the formation of white blood cells

Reduced formation of white cells in the event of:

  • Congenital diseases, such as kostman's syndrome.
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS disrupts the formation and differentiation of all white cells.
  • Autoimmune diseases in which the action of lymphocytes is focused on own bone marrow.
  • Radiation exposure in high dose, in which the developing acute or chronic radiation sickness.
  • Cancer diseases of the bone marrow (mielolakose) and metastases from other organs (often with lung cancer, and prostate cancer).
  • Deficiency of vitamins of group B. In this situation in the blood low will be not only an indicator of leukocytes and other formed elements. With a lack of these vitamins is disturbed differentiation of the cell precursor in the bone marrow.

Symptoms

Diagnostic search is aimed at identifying the root causes of leukopenia. It should be noted that leukopenia can be absolute and relative. It depends on all the reduced forms of white blood cells, or only the number of neutrophils.

Also important is the presence of concomitant erythropenia and thrombocytopenia, which tells us about the oppression of all hematopoiesis.

Agranulocytosis – decrease in white blood cells is below 0.7x109/l. Very low white blood cells indicate possible serious disease of the blood.

The diagnosis will help the data of biochemical analysis to evaluate functions of the liver and analysis on hormones of a thyroid gland. Also determine the presence of blood rheumatoid factor and antibodies. Will not prevent heart ultrasound and ECG, if there are cardiac symptoms, and an ultrasound of the abdomen and pelvis. According to the testimony perform MRI of the spine and sternal puncture.

Leukopenia in children

It is not excluded, and leukopenia in children. So, an infant may be a transient leukopenia. The reason it is circulating in the blood and is transmitted during pregnancy and later milk when feeding, maternal antibodies to leukocytes of the child. However, no clinical manifestations of no, and leukocyte formula is normalized to four years.

At an older age cause leukopenia can be a viral infection (measles, rubella, viral hepatitis), hormonal disturbances and heredity. Such children often suffer from colds, lag behind peers in physical development.