Query on blood test

[wilsond]

White blood cell count down slightly,has anyone else had this?

Had a blood test on Tuesday morning,then had a call fromGP next day (!) to do repeatbin 2 weeks.Said not to lose any sleep over it! Apparently they like to see 4000 units per millilitre and I had 3,800.Also bit low on Vit D.Perhaps ,he said, as I am on 80 mg per day of Avorstatin.

As far as I know I have had no infections in the last few weeks,but did have a very bad infection in March,which was heading for sepsis,had 3 week of very strong antibiotics.

Not looking for medical opinion,but wondered if anyone else had experienced this?

Thanks in advance

[Hidden]

yes, several times over the last few years. Could be you are fighting off something you didn't even know you were fighting.

Try not to worry too much

[wilsond in reply to Hidden]

Thank you x

[dedeottie]

Hi. My white blood count has been low ( around 3.5 ) and within that the nuetrophil count is regularly low, arou.d 1.5 and has been around 1.1. On repeated blood tests it always comes back up again to a low normal,the GP is not overly concerned but keeps an eye on me. I have been on flecanide for 6 years and a possible side effect is depletion of leukocyte cells (as I understand all to do with white blood cells). That is my case but in an isolated blood test I would say it is probably a temporary dip and the repeat will probably show up as normal. X

[wilsond in reply to dedeottie]

Thank you for that x

[10gingercats]

I have had slightly low white blood cells on/off for a few years. Nothing drastic. My good GP does not seem worried .Maybe it is a variable for which there is no need to be alarmed .

[wilsond in reply to 10gingercats]

Thank you.

[wilsond]

Back to what passes for normal for me!