Re: ?? About blood counts

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At Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Beth wrote: >
>I don't know if she tested for that specifcally but I know that one of
>the tests for Lupus is "anti-nuclear antibodies"....of which my results
>were : < 1:40 ( <1:40 being negative, 1:40-1:80 low levels and >1:80
>elevated levels). Does this mean I am safe? Lupus!! What a scary
>thought!
>Thank you so much for your reply.
>
>At Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
>>
>>Did she test you for lupus? AND, I would not be at all concerned about
>>your labs, although they are a bit out of the normal ranges, they are
>>still fine.
>>
>>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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