High lymphocytes low neutrophils

Hi - My mom was recently diagnosed with very high blood pressure - 210/140 - she never has had BP before, healthy heart 57 year old asian non smoker non alcoholic vegetarian woman. When the doc did her blood work, the found the following:

wbc leuko - 4500
neutro - 36% = 1620
eosino - 4%
lympho - 55% = 2475
mono - 5%

the doc is not saying anything right now and only asked her to relax - but I am worried sick. I would like to find out what the caused of this bloodcount could be, and what is the probability that this could be some form of leukemia? How serious could it be given these values?

Thanks for your help.

[PaulMD]

Hi there.

It is not uncommon to see these levels of lymphocytes in the general population, and these are most commonly due to some form of viral infection, which are usually transient and self limited.  This is not compatible with leukemia at this point, since leukemia will mostly present with very elevated white blood cell counts (more than 10,000).  I suggest that you take it easy and your mother as well, since stress and anxiety can further make the blood pressure unpredictable.  Regards.