Doctor of Medical Sciences Lyudmila Salamatina: the level of leukocytes can increase due to infections and change differently due to cancer.
Dr. Salamatina said that leukocytes are blood cells responsible for the destruction of foreign cells and viruses – their level is associated with the activity of the immune system. Deviation from it can occur either upward or downward. Similar changes in the level of leukocytes occur against the background of various diseases.
“When the level of leukocytes increases or decreases, the diagnosis is made taking into account the ratio of different types of leukocytes: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes and monocytes,” Salamatina told Gazeta.Ru.
Dr. Salamatina named the diseases that cause the level to change leukocytes.
What diseases are characterized by an increased level of leukocytes:
- Infectious diseases;
- Injuries.
- Cancer.< /li>
What diseases are characterized by a low level of leukocytes:
- Inflammatory processes;
- Autoimmune diseases;
- Diseases of the endocrine system;
- Severe bacterial infections (pneumonia, sepsis);
- Shock conditions;
- Oncological diseases affecting the bone marrow.
“With cancer, the level of leukocytes may increase , and decrease,” the doctor clarified.
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