The dangers of leukopenia

The human body has many aspects. If there is a problem in any part, it will cause harm to the health of the body. Therefore, when some adverse conditions occur in the body, you must be careful not to ignore it. This will not help any aspect of the body. What are the dangers of leukopenia? Many people are not very clear about this. However, when this happens, the human body will also develop diseases.

So what are the dangers of leukopenia? The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have a good understanding of this problem. However, it should be noted that when such a situation occurs, if the problem is very serious, it must be treated in time.

Dangers of leukopenia:

Leukopenia refers to a group of symptoms caused by a sustained decrease in the number of peripheral white blood cells. Typical symptoms include dizziness, fatigue, soreness and weakness of limbs, loss of appetite, mental depression and low fever, which fall into the category of "deficiency and fatigue" in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine treats leukocytopenia by invigorating qi and nourishing blood, tonifying the kidney and replenishing essence, and strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.

Common causes of low white blood cell count include viral infection, typhoid fever, and medication. If the granulocytopenia is caused by drugs, the drugs should be stopped immediately and appropriate anti-leukocytogenic drugs should be used, such as colony stimulating factor (CsF), lithium carbonate, madder diepoxide, polyantigen A, etc. Stop exposure to radiation or other chemical toxins. Caused by hypersplenism, prone to recurrent and severe infection, splenectomy may be performed.

What tests are needed for leukopenia?

1. Blood picture: White blood cell count is mostly between 2-4×109/L, and the absolute value of neutrophils is decreased. Hemoglobin and platelets were normal.

2. Bone marrow image: generally normal, typical patients show granulocyte hypoplasia or maturation disorder. Some granulocytes have degenerative changes such as vacuoles, toxic granules and nuclear condensation. In addition to understanding the proliferation and differentiation of granulocytes, bone marrow images can also determine whether tumor cells have metastasized.

3. Examination of the granulocyte marginal pool: There are several methods, such as using the isotope DF32P to label one's own neutrophils for examination, and the results are accurate.

4. Examination of granulocyte reserve: The method is to inject or orally take products that promote the release of granulocytes from the bone marrow, such as endotoxin, adrenal cortical hormone, etc.

5. Leukocyte agglutination test and blood lysozyme and lysozyme index: These are methods to detect whether there is excessive destruction of granulocytes, but false positives may occur.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the dangers of leukopenia. When these situations occur, timely treatment must be carried out. And when there are such problems, the examination must be carried out according to the above methods. At the same time, we must also actively cooperate so that the disease can be well treated.