My husband has been prescribed injections twice weekly to boost his neutrophils which had gone as low as 0.6. He had a blood test yesterday which showed they have increased greatly to about 37.0 over a period of only three weeks. This level seems extremely high, what does this mean and is it a worry? Obviously he's been told to stop the injections and he's due to have another blood test in six days time.
He's on the Flair trial.
Any information or advice please.
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When I got a single injection of Neulasta in the past, my Neuts zoomed from 1.0 to 8.7 in one day. At my next clinic visit, 2 weeks later I was back to normal ANC.
"The average lifespan of inactivated human neutrophils in the circulation has been reported by different approaches to be between 5 and 90 hours.[17] Upon activation, they marginate (position themselves adjacent to the blood vessel endothelium) and undergo selectin-dependent capture followed by integrin-dependent adhesion in most cases, after which they migrate into tissues, where they survive for 1–2 days.[18]"
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