Whitebl

oodcell
s( WBCs)areacrucial
partoftheimmunesy st
em andpl
ayavi
talr
olein
def
endingthebodyagainsti
nfecti
onsanddiseases.Abnor
malit
iesi
nwhit
ebl
oodcellcounts
canindi
cat
ev ar
iousdi
sorders.Herear
esomecommonwhi tebl
oodcel
ldi
sor
dersandtheir
normalval
ues:

1.Leukocyt
osis:Leukocytosi
sref
erstoanel evatedwhit
ebloodcel
l count
,oftenindi
cat
ingan
i
nfecti
onorinfl
ammat ion.Thenormal rangefortotal
whit
ebloodcellcountvari
essli
ghtl
y
dependingonthelabor at
oryandtheindivi
dual'
sageandsex.Asagener alguidel
ine,
thenormal
rangeforadul
tsistypical
lyconsi
deredt obebetween4,000and11,000whi t
ebloodcell
sper
microl
it
er(µL)ofblood.

2.Leukopenia:Leukopeniaischaract
eri
zedbyal owwhi t
ebloodcel
lcount
.Itcanbecausedby
cert
aininfecti
ons,medicati
ons,autoi
mmunedi sorders,
orbonemarrowdisorders.Thespeci
fi
c
val
uesf orleukopeni
amayv ar
y,butgeneral
l
y,awhi t
ebloodcell
countbel
ow4, 000whi t
eblood
cel
ls/µLisconsideredleukopeni
c.

3.Neut r
openia:Neut r
openiaisaconditionmarkedbyal ownumberofneut rophil
s,atypeof
whitebloodcel lt
hathelpsfightbacter
ialinf
ect
ions.Neutropeni
aisoftendi
agnosedwhent he
absoluteneutrophilcount(ANC)f al
l
sbel owacer t
aint
hreshold.ThenormalrangeforANCis
ty
picall
yconsi deredtobebet ween1,500and8, 000neutrophil
s/µL.AnANCbel ow1,500
neutrophil
s/µLisgener al
lyconsider
edneut r
openic.

4.Neutrophil
ia:Neut r
ophil
iar ef
erstoanelevatednumberofneutrophil
s.I
tcanbecausedby
vari
ousf act
ors,includi
ngi nfect
ions,i
nfl
ammat ion,
stress,
orcert
ainmedicat
ions.Thenor
mal
rangeforneut r
ophi l
sistypicall
ybetween2,500and8, 000neut
rophil
s/µL,
butitcanvar
y
dependingont hel aborat
or yandindi
vidualci
rcumstances.

5.Lymphocyt
osis:
Lymphocyt
osi
sischaracteri
zedbyani ncr
easednumberofl
ymphocyt
es,a
ty
peofwhitebloodcel
li
nvol
vedi
nimmuner esponses.Thenormalrangef
orl
ymphocyt
esis
usual
lybet
ween1,000and4,
800lymphocytes/µL,al
thoughitcanvary.

6.Lymphocyt
openia: Lymphocytopeni
arefer
stoadecr easednumberofl
ymphocyt
es.Itcanbe
causedbyvar
iousfact ors,
incl
udingcert
aini
nfecti
ons,autoi
mmunedisor
ders,
ormedicati
ons.
Thespeci
fi
cv al
uesf orlymphocytopeni
amayv ary,butgener
all
y,al
ymphocy
tecountbelow
1,
000lymphocytes/µLi sconsi
deredlymphocytopeni
c.
It
'simpor t
anttonotet hatt
hesevaluesaregeneralgui
deli
nes,andthei nterpr
etati
onofwhi t
e
bloodcellcountsshoul dbedoneinconjuncti
onwi t
hothercli
nicalf
indingsandi ndiv
idual
patientcharact
eri
sti
cs.Additi
onall
y,ref
erencerangesmayv arysli
ghtlybetweendi f
ferent
l
abor ator
ies,soit
'salwaysbesttoconsultwit
haheal t
hcareprofessionalforanaccur at
e
assessmentofwhi t
ebl oodcel
ldi
sorders.