What does abnormal white blood cells mean?

What does abnormal white blood cells mean?

When white blood cells are abnormally high, it usually suggests that your immune system is fighting a disease or infection. When they are too low, it suggests that a disease, autoimmune disorder, or other condition has weakened your immune system.

What could abnormal red blood cells mean?

Medical conditions that can cause an increase in red blood cells include: Heart failure, causing low blood oxygen levels. Congenital heart disease (“congenital” means you’re born with it). Polycythemia vera (a rare blood cancer in which your bone marrow produces too many red blood cells). Kidney tumors.

What diseases affect your white blood cells?

A number of diseases and conditions may affect white blood cell levels:

• Weak immune system. This is often caused by illnesses such as HIV/AIDS or by cancer treatment.
• Infection.
• Myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Cancer of the blood.
• Myeloproliferative disorder.
• Medicines.

What does it mean when your white and red blood cells are low?

Aplastic anemia occurs when your bone marrow doesn’t make enough red and white blood cells, and platelets. Having fewer red blood cells causes hemoglobin to drop. Hemoglobin is the part of blood that carries oxygen through your body. Having fewer white blood cells makes you more likely to get an infection.

What diseases cause high white blood cell count?

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• Acute lymphocytic leukemia.
• Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
• Allergy, especially severe allergic reactions.
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
• Drugs, such as corticosteroids and epinephrine.
• Infections, bacterial or viral.
• Myelofibrosis (a bone marrow disorder)

What infections cause high white blood cell count?

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• Acute lymphocytic leukemia.
• Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
• Allergy, especially severe allergic reactions.
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
• Drugs, such as corticosteroids and epinephrine.
• Infections, bacterial or viral.
• Myelofibrosis (a bone marrow disorder)

What can cause low red and white blood cell count?

Pancytopenia (Low Blood Cells) Pancytopenia is marked by low counts of all three types of blood cells—red cells, white cells and platelets. This condition can be caused by certain medications and by infections. In some cases, it is caused by a cancer or precancerous condition.

What causes low red and white blood cells?

What does low red and white blood cell count mean?

Having fewer red blood cells causes hemoglobin to drop. Hemoglobin is the part of blood that carries oxygen through your body. Having fewer white blood cells makes you more likely to get an infection. And having fewer platelets makes the blood too thin. This means your blood can’t clot the way it should.