about a year ago, i experienced really bad flu-like symptoms followed by one of my first genital herpes outbreaks. I know that herpes infections can cause flu like symptoms, but my question is can it have an effect on white blood cell count because during that time I had a really low count. After a couple of days when i went back to the doctor it had risen some and the next time i had went it was back within the normal range. All I ever hear about when I hear about low white blood cell count is HIV, so I wanted to know if other things can cause it to drop really low. This was about a year ago and I haven't had any problems like this since, but my mind has been running and wanted to see if you guys had any input. Thanks