could my thoroid raise my white blood cell count?

[adrielove]

hi everyone, i`ve been on synthroid for about ten years now. recently i`ve been getting really sick and i was wondering if there coul be any relation to my high white blood cell count and my thyroid??? my doc claims my throid is under control with my meds at the time but i feel like it`s not. when is surgery of the thyroid helpful??? i don`t belive everything my doc says. would removal of my throid gland make me feel a whole lot better or is it just removed if cancer is present??? how often should i really have my tsh checked and is it ok that i`m just going to my reg pshysician or should i see an endocronologist??? thank you for all your help.

[stella5349]

If you are sitting at a long period of hypothyroid your body will catch more cold-infections and viruses - so your WBC will be elevated.

I am going to assume here that your immune system is running very low due to your body not recieving the right amount of hormone production - so that would cause you to feel sick.

[adrielove]

it was taken about a week ago and i`m not sure of the result but they said it was ok???? i will def find out. how do i know if my thyroid was infected? i was given an antibiotic in the hospital but they didn`t tell me for what kind of infection???? it really didn`t help.

[AR-10]

You should get your TSH checked every three months, six at the most.

Whether you need an Endocrinologist or not depends on how smart your GP is.

Your thyroid could be raising your white blood cell count. If it is swollen or infected it would raise the count.

When was your last TSH and do you know the test result?