posted
I have noticed that many of you have experienced low white blood cell counts. Most commonly in the 4.x-5 range.
Although your absolute number of leukocytes were lowered, were there any shifts in the individual cell count percentages? (i.e. Were you making less/more of a particular cell: lymphocyte, neutrophil, macrophage, etc.)
I have found that although my WBC count seems to be in the lower normal range, my individual cell count percentages seem normal. (Obviously the absolute numbers are reduced, if the total number is reduced)
Does this mean I naturally have a low WBC, or is the overall reduction due to Lyme/coinfections? (I don't have pre-Lyme counts to compare to. Also, WBC drops slightly as we age as well...)
What are your experiences?
Posts: 29 | From Valley Forge, PA | Registered: Jan 2006
| IP: Logged |
cantgiveupyet
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 8165
posted
bP- I Will have to get back to you about the other counts..but i can tell you that my WBC
went from the 8 range to the 4 range in 2 weeks between the end of august and beginning of sept when this all hit hard.
-------------------- "Say it straight simple and with a smile."
"Thus the task is, not so much to see what no one has seen yet, But to think what nobody has thought yet, About what everybody sees."
-Schopenhauer
pos babs, bart, igenex WB igm/igg Posts: 3156 | From Lyme limbo | Registered: Oct 2005
| IP: Logged |
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic