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my daughter had high white blood count and was given blood transfusions dont understand how she got this she was only 15 and so healthy just had a runny nose
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I am not sure why your daughter was given blood transfusion for high white cell count. Does she have a bone marrow disorder? Was it that she was given blood transfusion for something and later developed high white blood cell count? Elevated WBC or leukocytosis may be caused by several conditions including bacterial infection, inflammation, leukemia, lymphoma, trauma, use of certain drugs (steroids, antiseizure medications), myeloproliferative disorders of the bone marrow (chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia), inflammatory bowel disorders (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), burns or stress (physical or emotional). Depending on your daughter’s symptoms further evaluation will be required. Take care
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
I am not sure why your daughter was given blood transfusion for high white cell count. Does she have a bone marrow disorder? Was it that she was given blood transfusion for something and later developed high white blood cell count? Elevated WBC or leukocytosis may be caused by several conditions including bacterial infection, inflammation, leukemia, lymphoma, trauma, use of certain drugs (steroids, antiseizure medications), myeloproliferative disorders of the bone marrow (chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia), inflammatory bowel disorders (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), burns or stress (physical or emotional). Depending on your daughter’s symptoms further evaluation will be required. Take care
Hello Nikki,
I know this must be scary for you both. A high white blood count is the bodies way of fighting an infection, which could be anywhere in her body. This is the bodies immune system doing its job. She was most likely given the blood transfusion because she was anemic as well. Anemia which is low red blood cell in the body decreases the amount of oxygen to the bodies organs, cells, and tissues, and can cause many symptoms if left untreated, such as fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and pale appearance of skin, mucus membranes, and nail beds. Severe anemia can cause fainting, dizziness, angina, chest pain and heart attack.
Even though she is only 15 and appeared healthy, the runny nose most likely caused more of an infection to her body than was apparent, and anemia unfortunately does not discriminate. It is important to determine the cause of why the red blood cells are low, and where did they go? It can be caused from her having very heavy frequent periods, or be lost in the stool or emesis which may be seen as a dark tarry coffee ground appearance or even as bright red blood. She should be monitoring for this after she returns home to prevent it from possibly happening again in the future. There are a lot of medications, as well that can cause a person to become anemic. If she is put on IRON when leaving the hospital it will darken the color of the stool as well but this darkening in the stool color is not a cause for alarm.
I Hope This Helps Hun. She should be feeling much better really soon. It sounds like they are doing exactly what they need to be doing for her at the hospital. Good Luck.
I know this must be scary for you both. A high white blood count is the bodies way of fighting an infection, which could be anywhere in her body. This is the bodies immune system doing its job. She was most likely given the blood transfusion because she was anemic as well. Anemia which is low red blood cell in the body decreases the amount of oxygen to the bodies organs, cells, and tissues, and can cause many symptoms if left untreated, such as fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and pale appearance of skin, mucus membranes, and nail beds. Severe anemia can cause fainting, dizziness, angina, chest pain and heart attack.
Even though she is only 15 and appeared healthy, the runny nose most likely caused more of an infection to her body than was apparent, and anemia unfortunately does not discriminate. It is important to determine the cause of why the red blood cells are low, and where did they go? It can be caused from her having very heavy frequent periods, or be lost in the stool or emesis which may be seen as a dark tarry coffee ground appearance or even as bright red blood. She should be monitoring for this after she returns home to prevent it from possibly happening again in the future. There are a lot of medications, as well that can cause a person to become anemic. If she is put on IRON when leaving the hospital it will darken the color of the stool as well but this darkening in the stool color is not a cause for alarm.
I Hope This Helps Hun. She should be feeling much better really soon. It sounds like they are doing exactly what they need to be doing for her at the hospital. Good Luck.
I have heard there is alot of things that can cause a high white blood count. Pneumonia just for one. It sounds like she's in the hospital, that's the best place for her right now. I hope things go well for you.
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