Blood levels

[Lam123]

Has anyone had their WBC go up? What was the reason?

 

[Scipio]

The usual reason for increased WBC is an infection of some sort. If they go way up and stay elevated it could be due to leukemia, but that's much less common than a simple infection.

I have not had my WBC go up due to Crohn's that I can recall.

 

[Lam123]

The usual reason for increased WBC is an infection of some sort. If they go way up and stay elevated it could be due to leukemia, but that's much less common than a simple infection.

I have not had my WBC go up due to Crohn's that I can recall.

I was reading that taking prednisone could
Cause them to go up aswell?

 

[my little penguin]

Correct steriods can raise all sorts of thing in your bloodwork
My kiddo has auto inflammatory which causes his to go high occasionally
Other times low
But steriods definitely can cause things to look off

 

[my little penguin]

Another possibility in this case was WBC elevation because of the patient’s prednisone. Prednisone can increase WBC as early as the first day of therapy.3The elevation and rapidity of increase are dose related. The important pearl is that steroid-induced leukocytosis involves an increase of polymorphonuclear white blood cells with a rise in monocytes and a decrease in eosinophils and lymphocytes.

https://www.mdedge.com/chestphysici...unexplained-leukocytosis-hospitalized-patient

 

[Lam123]

The usual reason for increased WBC is an infection of some sort. If they go way up and stay elevated it could be due to leukemia, but that's much less common than a simple infection.

I have not had my WBC go up due to Crohn's that I can recall.

The dr said it was slightly up

 

[Lisa]

Here is an example of how my WBC fluctuates - not sure what unit of measurement your Dr uses but mine has never shown any concern even with numbers changing almost every time I have blood work done (every 4 months).