What causes low white blood cells
What causes low white blood cells? Leukopenia is characterized by dizziness, fatigue, low-grade fever, limb weakness, loss of appetite and depression, and can be divided into primary and secondary. Here is a look at what causes low white blood cells.
What are the causes of low white blood cells1 The main causes of low white blood cells are as follows: First, the primary factors: The cause of primary white blood cell hypoplasia is usually unknown. Second: secondary factors: such as acute infections, physical and chemical factors, hematologic disorders, splenomegaly disease, connective tissue disease, allergic diseases and hereditary diseases, as well as acquired or unexplained granulocytopenia. 1, drug factors: cause leukopenia drugs more, mainly for anti-cancer drugs, chloramphenicol, sulfonamide, painkillers and so on. Drugs for treating hyperthyroidism and drugs for treating diabetes can also cause leukopenia; 2, infectious factors: many infectious diseases are caused by leukopenia, such as viral infections, mycoplasma pneumonia, or cornual tuberculosis, etc.; 3, hematological factors: acute leukemia, malignant lymphoma, hypersplenism, and aplastic anemia, etc.; 3, the hematologic factors: acute leukemia, malignant lymphoma, hyper-splenism, and aplastic anemia. 4, radiation factors: such as exposure to X-ray, cobalt-60, etc., can make leukopenia; 5, other factors: connective tissue disease, systemic lupus erythematosus and cirrhosis of the liver, as well as accompanied by splenomegaly and hyper-splenism, can also cause leukopenia. There are many reasons for leukopenia in the blood count, it can be physiologic leukopenia, the degree of reduction will not be particularly large, belonging to the mild reduction. It can also be disease-induced leukopenia, such as myelodysplastic syndromes with myelopoietic dysfunction and aplastic anemia, all of which are associated with leukopenia. Viral infections or tuberculosis, as well as patients with tumors, can also have leukopenia. If there is frequent radiation exposure, or after chemotherapy for tumors, which can lead to bone marrow suppression, leukopenia can also occur. When white blood cells are low, the risk of infection increases, and medications to raise white blood cells, such as oral Ricodin tablets or injections of Rebaud's, need to be used accordingly to raise white blood cells. The causes of leukopenia include medications, infections, leukopoiesis, abnormal distribution of granulocytes, and typhoid fever. The treatment is different for different causes, and patients need to be treated according to the cause in order to be effective. In addition to the necessary treatment, patients usually have to avoid eating food that is cold in nature and damages the spleen, stomach and yang qi. 1, drugs Some drugs contain certain side effects that can damage white blood cells, resulting in a decrease in white blood cells. If a decrease in white blood cells occurs while taking the medication, patients are advised to stop taking the medication immediately. Patients can be treated with colony-stimulating factor, alizarin, and poloxamer, as well as avoiding exposure to radiation and other chemical toxins. 2, infection Germs, bacteria and other infections can also make the white blood cell damage or death of too much, so that the peripheral blood white blood cell reduction. 3, leukopoiesis Leukopoiesis includes a decrease in stem cell proliferation or regenerative disorders. 4. Abnormal distribution of granulocytes A variety of reasons can make too many leukocytes in the limbic pool, and too few leukocytes in the circulating pool, forming leukopenia. 5, typhoid Normally, if you do not pay attention to keep warm, you will get typhoid. The white blood cells also decrease due to the injury. Leukocytes need to be examined repeatedly before treatment because they can show a variety of symptoms, which are similar to those of some other diseases and may be misdiagnosed. If the total number of white blood cells is consistently below 4.0 x 109/hour on repeated tests, then leukopenia is diagnosed. Since leukopenia is caused by many of the above mentioned reasons, a suitable treatment plan needs to be chosen based on the cause. The treatment of leukopenia includes both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM). TCM can be treated with acupuncture, which not only nourishes blood and qi, but also nourishes yin and helps yang; and WM can be treated with adrenocorticotropic hormone, which promotes the bone marrow to release cells into peripheral blood circulation. What is the cause of low white blood cells3 Generally, the causes of low white blood cells are; viral infections, typhoid fever, and so on, but also because of drugs. If the system of drugs and other causes of granulocytopenia, should immediately stop the drug, the appropriate application of leukocyte drugs, such as colony-stimulating factor (CsF), lithium carbonate, cetrimide, multi-resistant to methylin, and so on. Stop exposure to radiation or other chemical poisons. Caused by hypersplenism, it is prone to recurrence and severe infection, and splenectomy can be done. Avoidance of medication is to avoid leukopenia due to medicine. Leukopenia, a group of symptoms caused by a persistent decline in peripheral white blood cell count. Typical manifestations are dizziness, fatigue, limb weakness, loss of appetite, depression, low-grade fever, belonging to the motherland medicine "deficiency labor" category. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of leukopenia adopts the method of benefiting qi and blood, tonifying the kidney and essence, strengthening the spleen and stomach. What is the cause of low white blood cells? Leukocytes are nucleated blood cells, generally healthy people have about 4,000-10,000/UL (microliters) of leukocytes in the body, if the amount of microliters is more than 10,000, it is common to see inflammation in the body and an increase in leukocytes. If it is less than 4000, then it is a leukopenia, then most of the time it is due to drugs, radiation, infections, and other bacterial causes of granulocytopenia. Leukopenia often leads to a decline in the body's immunity, Chinese medicine believes that the disease is mostly two deficiencies in the early stages of the spleen and qi deficiency, late injury to the liver and kidneys, resulting in kidney yin deficiency, always with the spleen, stomach, liver and kidney deficiency as the basis, the performance of the symptoms of the common fatigue, palpitations, dizziness, low-grade fever, pharyngitis, or mucous membrane ulcers. Precautions for low white blood cells The reduction of white blood cells brings great pain to the patient, and for this reason, the healthy people must protect their internal organs, and they can often do regular checkups. Daily life less close to the radioactive line or benzene work items, there is a possibility of triggering leukopenia drugs must be handled with caution, chronic leukocytes if long-term follow-up if the blood picture is stable can not have to take medication. Avoid excessive work, overtime, pay attention to the weather changes, to prevent the feeling of external evil and morbidity. The above is about the causes of low white blood cells, after reading the above introduction is not to understand some, so if this situation should be timely medical treatment, so that the doctor to diagnose, if it is the physiological reasons to rely on their own recovery, with the drugs, I believe the recovery will be better. So the body does not have to panic, as long as the treatment will be fine. The most important thing to remember is that you should not be too worried and increase the psychological burden, so that the condition of the early recovery is the key.