Low white blood count

[Adelou]

Hi hubby had his check up yesterday

Hospital rang at 8.30pm to advise him that he white blood count was low & for the next 2 weeks have taken him off one of his anti rejection tablets to see if that is the cause.

Anyone else had a similar issue?

I'm hoping that it's just that & not the start of an infection or something else as things were going well as nearly at the 6 month post transplant stage & so far his recovery has been really good minus the odd ache & pain

[h0b0]

Hi. My partner had exactly the same problem with white blood count. he also had to stop one of his meds. He is now over 2 years post xplant & doing really well. Hope this is of some comfort. xx

[AyrshireK]

The whole purpose of the immune suppressants/anti-rejection meds is to tamp down the immune system (which is your white blood cells) in order that they don't fight the transplanted organ. Sometimes though they work too well and hit the immune system too much thereby depleting white blood cell numbers. We see this alot in Auto-Immune Hepatitis patients where the immune suppressants have to be reduced in order to let the white blood cell numbers pick up. It's when WBC numbers drop too low that infections can sneak in so they need to reduce the tablets to let the count rise again. If he were having an infection at present his white blood cell count would be elevated as they try to fight the infection.

Hope he's soon on the mend.

Katie

[Adelou]

Thanks guys

Yes I feel a bit more reassured

I work in a school as a food teacher & the vomiting bug has hit, we had a child projectile vomit in the middle of an art room & now the art technician is off ill with the same thing.

I get so worried that I will take home some bug or virus that will make him ill