went to doctor and noticed on receipt he had lucopenia along with other things that i did understand/ is this anemic or what
2006-09-14 18:26:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
It is actual a decrease in the number of circulating white blood cells. It can cause you to be more suseptible to infections. You should speak with your doctor or his nurse to find out how they are going to treat this.
2006-09-14 18:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by poetic princess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leukopenia means a low white blood cell count, where Anemia is usually low red blood cells. Leukopenia is further subdivided depending on which white blood cells are affected. Lymphopenia is low lymphocytes where Neutropenia is low Neutrophils. Those are the two largest numbers of white blood cells usually. Neutrophils are usually associated with acute or sudden bacterial infections whereas lymphocytes are usually associated with viral and chronic or long-standing infections. So you need to ask your doctor to be more specific then about what kind of white blood cells are low? Sometimes it is a non-specific response to a flu and so recovers over a couple of weeks. Otherwise it needs further investigation to find out why? There are many possible causes so your doctor needs to be a good detective for you, and you'll need to hang in there to get to the root of the problem if possible. Some forms of arthritis can do this. Maybe write down your questions for the doctor or get him to write down some information for you and maybe his plan for investigating the problem for you. Good luck.
2006-09-14 18:46:01 · answer #2 · answered by martian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LUKOPENIA.
is when the circulation of white blood cells in the blood decrease.
and this means that a decrease in white blood cells disables the body to fight infection since white blood cells fight bacteria and viruses.
Yes it is associated with APLASTIC anemia, and thats the destruction of the bone marrow by the immune system.
However there are alot of other things along with lukopenia, like HIV/AIDS, cancer patients, malaria, typhus, etc.
2006-09-14 18:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by sugar507 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leukopenia is an abnormal decrease of white blood cells. There are many medications that can cause this. Also bone marrow diseases can cause it.
Ask your doctor to explain why you have it.
2006-09-14 18:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by parachute 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reduction in the blood neutrophil (granulocyte) count, often leading to increased susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections.
I would ask your doctor what could be causing this
2006-09-14 18:35:57 · answer #5 · answered by mjdp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has a low white blood cell count. It is sually associated with chemotherapy. The doctor treats it with some very expensive shots called neupogen. or neulasta.
I am a cancer RN.
2006-09-14 18:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by happydawg 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it means you've got a lower white blood cell count than average. it's spelled leukopenia, actually. "leuk" means white and typically has to do with white blood cells, so when you hear something with that in it it's probably something about your white blood cells. like "leukemia" (cancer of the blood) or "leukocytes" (white blood cells).
2006-09-14 18:31:46 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ it's katie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a decrease in the number of circulating white blood cells (leukocytes) in the blood.
2006-09-14 18:28:09 · answer #8 · answered by anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋