Re: ?? About blood counts

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At Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Beth wrote: >
>I am 10 1/2 weeks pregnant & have been seeing my Family Dr. for some
>joint pain I've been having. Upon receiving my bloodwork results, she
>was surprised because she was certain that rheumatoid arthritis was the
>cause. However, the rheumatoid factor she tested for was well within
>normal range, indicating that was NOT the problem. She is sending me to
>a specialist, though, to investigate the cause of this pain further. I
>will be seeing him in a little over a week. The one thing that
>concerned me is my white blood cell count - 11.3 (normal range is
>3.8-10.8) and my absolute neutrophils - 8419 (normal range 1500-7800).
>Are these elevated enough to be concerned about? She didn't seem to
>think so. Should I just wait to see the specialist and see what he
>says?? This blood sample was taken 3 weeks ago. She said at most, it
>indicates a minor infection of some kind & may be unrelated to the joint
>pain. Any thoughts? Can you ease my worry??
>Thanks!
>~Beth

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Tufts University School of Medicine

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