Re: Question about low white blood cells

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Some have speculated that with CR, the immune system is more efficient. In addition, it is suspected that " normal " may not be entirely normal WRT WBC#. Those additional WBCs may be autoreactive or indiciative of excess inflammation, induced by an " overfed " state.

On 5/18/05, citpeks <citpeks@...> wrote:

One of my neighbors had a blood test showing a White Blood Cell (WBC)count of 2.9 x 10E3/uL, where the normal is 4.0 - 10.5. Thedifferential count was normal, and the absolute number of Neutrophilswas lower than the normal. The test is going to be repeated next weekfor verification.I know that WBCs are low for people on CR, but this neighbor is not

calorically restricted or on any medication. Does anybody have anidea why the WBCs might be low?Tony

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Hi :

This reminds me of the time not that long ago when people with total

cholesterol of 250 to 300 were told their cholesterol was 'normal'

simply because most of the population had similar numbers. That most

were gonna die of heart disease didn't seem to be considered

relevant. Duh!

Rodney.

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> > One of my neighbors had a blood test showing a White Blood Cell

(WBC)

> > count of 2.9 x 10E3/uL, where the normal is 4.0 - 10.5. The

> > differential count was normal, and the absolute number of

Neutrophils

> > was lower than the normal. The test is going to be repeated next

week

> > for verification.

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> > I know that WBCs are low for people on CR, but this neighbor is

not

> > calorically restricted or on any medication. Does anybody have an

> > idea why the WBCs might be low?

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> > Tony

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