Has anyone experienced a low wbc related to lyme or lyme treatment?
thanks --Beth
Posted by Beth25 (Member # 6270) on :
To the top hoping for a reply!
Posted by chainsaw joseph (Member # 6611) on :
Your post just caught my eye.Befor I forget erhlicia can cause low WBC.High doses of meds can cause it too.I have had low WBCs for about two years.Mine run about 3.5,they are suppose to be at 4.5.You might not want to be around alot of people if your WBCs are low so you dont pick up any colds or things too easy.
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
I have had low wbc count for several years now. Haven't ever gotten any explanation.
Posted by lla2 (Member # 2364) on :
in the general world of medicine a low wbc is indicative of a viral infection of some kind..a high wbc a bacterial infection...
could be EBV?
Lisa
[This message has been edited by lla2 (edited 09 April 2005).]
Posted by cigi (Member # 6600) on :
I have my blood taken every week. My wbc is always low - I'm on iv rocephin. She usually takes me off for a few days and I take ceftin till it goes up. It's been like that since I've been on antibiotics in general, but worse since IV.
Good luck -
Cigi
Posted by Nal (Member # 6801) on :
Yes, my WBC has run low off and on for the last few years. No one was ever concerned about it which really torks me off now!!! Stupid dr's.
Nancy
Posted by hodologica (Member # 6408) on :
I had lowish white cells and sometimes subnormal platelets during my 18-month decline into CFIDS (equivocal IGeneX WB). Monocytes would have good numbers; lymphocytes and (especially) neutrophils not good.
Now I have subnormal white cells. I suspect its atovoquone (Mepron) that pushed me from low to subnormal. Googling will rapidly show you that treatment-emergant neutropenia occured in 3-5% of patients in the clinical trials (as a caveat, note that these were not healthy subjects but sufferers of full-blown AIDS). I'm also on zith which seems to cause this stuff more rarely. And also doxy and artemisinin, which I havent searched about yet in this connection.
What the connection may be between lyme itself and low white cells, I know not.
Posted by Beth25 (Member # 6270) on :
Thanks y'all! Anyone else with this problem???
Am worried about the possibilities - even though I've been trying not to. Was kinda hoping that it was for sure just the abx or another weird Lyme thing.
Doc is sending me to a Hematologist/Oncologist to check into it further.
-Beth
Posted by hwlatin (Member # 4123) on :
Beth how low are we talking about.
Posted by Beth25 (Member # 6270) on :
Hi - Just wanted to share that I got new bood work results today and all is looking much better!! White count is up from around 2000 to 6000. Thank goodness!
Beth
Posted by zipzip (Member # 6226) on :
quote:Originally posted by Beth25: Has anyone experienced a low wbc related to lyme or lyme treatment?
thanks --Beth
could be very indicative of a Lyme co-infection with ehrlichia, which invades white blood cells.
My white count has been low for many years. I dont' know what it is related to. I though perhaps medication but even when I am off it is still a problem.
It has been just above 1 when I first got lyme but usually stays around 3.
I know my neutrophils were very low but don't know about the others.
I am usually not out in public and stay clear of family affairs when someone is there I know is sick.
Sometimes people don't realize they are a danger to one who has a low white count. I know all too well how illness affects everything on top of the lyme stuff.
I don't think any of us need anything else to deal with.