I feel like I am full of nothing but questions lately, but I always come here first to ask because I always get advice from knowledgeable people.
Today I got results from blood work drawn on Tuesday and was a bit surprised by the results. I started flaring in March and started on 40 mg of prednisone (March 10 or so). At that time, my CRP was 53 and my WBC was 12.2. The pred was helping, but I have had trouble trying to taper under 30mg. I am currently at 30mg still, but have had some improvement of symptoms, but not completely. So here were my blood results from this week: CRP was down to 33, but WBC was up to 21.8.
Does anyone have an explanation for the elevated WBC? Should I be concerned? FWIW, I started on 50mg of Imuran on Tuesday and am set to begin Remicade pending test results.
Today I got results from blood work drawn on Tuesday and was a bit surprised by the results. I started flaring in March and started on 40 mg of prednisone (March 10 or so). At that time, my CRP was 53 and my WBC was 12.2. The pred was helping, but I have had trouble trying to taper under 30mg. I am currently at 30mg still, but have had some improvement of symptoms, but not completely. So here were my blood results from this week: CRP was down to 33, but WBC was up to 21.8.
Does anyone have an explanation for the elevated WBC? Should I be concerned? FWIW, I started on 50mg of Imuran on Tuesday and am set to begin Remicade pending test results.