2006-07-30 22:51:32 · 4 answers · asked by LiRa 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Yes, it can be counted by lab test called CBC - Complete Blood Count" consists of Red blood cell count, white blood cell count, hematocrit hematocrit, Diff. count, and hemoglobin level. It is done in a hospital lab by a medical technologist.
2006-07-30 23:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by GeezDee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody has WBCs. A test called a CBC for Complete Blood Count will count how many. A second part of the test is called the differential. That test counts how many different kinds of WBC that you have: neutrophils, immature neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils and basophils. Each type of WBC has a different role in protecting your immune system. A routine CBC's lymphocyte count does not distinguish between T and B lymphocytes. The CBC is a very common test and a sophisticated analyzer is used to perform this test. The differential can be performed on some of these cell counting analyzers or are performed manually by a medical technologist using a microscope.
2006-07-31 06:39:06 · answer #2 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Counting of white blood cells in an important part of a blood count. Even more important is a differential count of cell types that will diagnose infections of leukemia. Nowadays the WBC is done by a particle counting machine. A slide is made of the blood and stained for the differential count.
2006-07-31 10:39:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup in the CBC test they do
2006-07-31 12:22:53 · answer #4 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋