Also what if an infection was in the bone ,or Dental would it show up in a blood test ?
2006-09-04 08:37:55 · 6 answers · asked by mendatrapp 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Yes, white blood cells will be elevated in a complete blood count.
2006-09-04 08:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, sometimes there are hints in your blood work like an elevated white blood cell count with increased number of bands, but this is not always the case. If the infection spreads to your blood stream it is called sepsis and is detected with blood cultures. Sepsis is a lifethreatening illness.
2006-09-04 09:14:06 · answer #2 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not necessarily.
Only if you are septic, or having an infection high enough to go in to the blood will it change your blood work.
If you have a bone infection, it would show up on bone scan.
The bone scan would light up that there was increased activity there.
we use this all the time in our ortho patients.
2006-09-04 08:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. if the infection is encapsulated like with an abcess, it may not show up in a blood test. Or if the infection is urinary in origin like a UTI, it won't show up. that's why several tests, swabs and even radiological imaging may be needed to find the origin of an infection.
2006-09-04 08:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by AudioPhilia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, in a sense yes, but sometimes no.
if you take HCV (hepatitis c- liver disease caused by a virus) and you get a normal blood lab work up, sometimes and sometimes not are the AST and ALT levels going to show an abnormal reading.
If there is an infection however, your infection fighting cells would show an elevation.
good luck
2006-09-04 08:41:25 · answer #5 · answered by giggling.willow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an infection, your white blood cell count may be higher than it should be.
2006-09-08 02:17:04 · answer #6 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋