So over the 2½ years i have had 7 blood tests, everyone of them has had a higher than normal white blood count. I was tested for m.s, lupus etc and they all came back clear.
According to a lot of web sites, fibromyalgia cannot be diagnosed by a blood test, that it should not make any differance to my blood. It just doesn't make sence. Does anyone else have this?
I have had fibro for 7 years, the last 2 years being far worse. With at least 50 new symptoms (believe it or not) sovwhatvis happening? My g.p doesn't seem bothered about it. I've asked to be referred to a specialist but he simply said i was wasting their time as fibro could not be cured! Fed up! Gggrrrrrrr
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I have never experienced this myself, you mention about 50 new symptoms is it possible that some of them be unrelated to Fibro? Seems to me that I would consider seeing another GP as you may need to further investigate this rather than ignore it. Raised WBC normally indicates infection as the body tries to fight it but there are other reasons too. Please see link;
Polymyalgia Rheumatica is mentioned in the link above as a cause for raised WBC, so I thought I'd paste the link in case any of your new symptoms fit this picture.
This is for your interest only as of course a Doctor is the best person to talk to for a diagnosis, therefore I think speaking to another GP about your concerns & new symptoms to see what their opinion is may possibly be the way to go. You may find they ask for another blood test in a few weeks time as if an infection it should have resolved by then, if still high they may want to send you to a specialist
In the meantime I look forward to reading any other replies
I sincerely hope that you are feeling as well as you possibly can be today? I have never personally experienced anything like this but I really think this is something that you should discuss with your GP.
I want to wish you all the best with this, and I genuinely hope that you can find some resolution to the problem.
hey I’ve just came past this , I’ve been looking for the same answers! I’ve got fibromyalgia and also have high white blood cells.
Had all the blood tests done and it was all clear although I’ve now been sent back to see rheumatologist for a routine check. But was wondering if you had gotten anywhere with any understanding of the white blood cells ?
Hiya, I also have raised WCC and lymphocytes, ESR and CRP. It took over 5 years to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia as each doctor I saw couldn’t explain the raised blood tests! I had so many other tests, scans, etc to try and find out what it was but everything was normal! In the end they just ignored them and diagnosed fibromyalgia!!
I still have these raised blood tests and as I have diabetes as well my bloods are checked every 6 months and each time these raised inflammatory markers are ignored!
I’ve learned just to live with this now as part of my fibromyalgia as if the doctors aren’t bothered (and I saw a lot of them) then I already have enough to cope with!
I hope that helps that you are not alone with your elevated WCC and that my doctors don’t worry about them either.
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