Increased in WBC after Phlebotomy

[Vigiindia]

Hi Everyone

Yesterday i underwent phlebotomy after 10months but after this my wbc rise beyond limits.

Has anyone experience high wbc after phlebotomy? Is this natural process or i have to worried about this?

[Shmb]

Hi, I've PV and initially I was treated with venesections and aspirin (now on hydrea and warfarin due to blood clots). My haemotologist told me that after a venesection my platelets and white blood cells will rise (the body sees the venesection as loss of blood due to injury and tells itself to make more platelets to clot closed the wound and white blood cells to fight infection from the injury).

[mark382 in reply to Shmb]

Makes sense.