Low neutrophil with high lymphocytes

[colleendonny]

Is this pretty common with PANS kids? Hers were high in December and still high in May. Also her absolute Neutrophils are low.

 

Another question. My mother babysat her and my 2 yr old on Thursday. I had no idea she was sick, but my mom was diagnosed with double pneumonia on Friday! Titers were not done, just an x-ray. DD has not had a major flare since then, but she has been having bad thoughts on and off, but that was even before the babysitting. And actually yesterday, she was doing this mouth thing... She is on Augmentin 600mg right now. Should I ask for another abx? Or maybe just wait and see if she flares more?

[norcalmom]

Ds has high Monocytes (both absolute and percentage) and low neutorphils. Also high Eos (what are these I dunno? HIs lymphs were in mid range - completely normal.

 

Monocytes were 13, range 3-10

 

Just looked up Eos..stands for eosinophils...and high amounts indicate allergic reaction or parasitosis . Here is Wikipedia page on it. Great. I never looked at that before, and since several docs shrugged this off, now I pO'd . DS was 6, and range is 0-4. Absolute was 4, normal range is 0-4 (so he is in normal for one measure).

 

More on Eos here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosinophilia

[norcalmom]

Good summary of common blood levels and what they indicate:

http://cprworks.com/Labvalues.html

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LYMPHOCYTES and LYMPHOCYTE COUNT - Elevated levels may indicate an active viral infections such as measles, rubella, chickenpox, or infectious mononucleosis.

 

Normal Adult Range: 18 - 48 %

Optimal Adult Reading: 33

Normal Children’s Range: 25 - 50 %

Optimal Children’s Reading: 37.5

[trggirl]

My daughter has had high absolute lymphocytes for 3 years since this started. The doctors seem to dismiss it.

[Tattoomom]

How low is the ANC?

 

Lymphocytes and Neutrophils are both white blood cells. Lymphocytes typically elevate in response to viral infections and Nuutrophils fight bacteria. It's normal when one's low, for the other to bump up and get high, as to make up for the one that's low. Make sense?

 

Example: The WBC needs to be 100% so if the neuts are only 15%, and monocytes are 35%, then the lymphocytes will bump up to 50% to make up the difference.

 

My daughter had Autoimmune Neutropenia, where she had an antibody killing off her neutrophils. Her ANC would be zero sometimes! Her lymophocytes were always high!

Edited July 27, 2012 by Tattoomom