Doxycycline and neutropenia
Common Questions and Answers about Doxycycline and neutropenia
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your neutrophils would have been increased because of the bacteria and fungus, but the virus had an effect toward neutropenia and the net result was normal neuts.
My husband is 53 years old and in excellent health -- doesn't drink, exercises regularly. He has a bicuspid aortic valve that is being managed with Lisinopril, and he had a prostate biopsy last year that came back negative, and since then, his PSA is within normal range. Last month he had a routine physical and his wbc came back at 1.9 with neutrophil ABS at 0.4. He has received no treatment thus far, the doctor has adopted a "wait and see" attitude and ordered weekly cbc's.
I had a blood test yesterday and results show a WBC of 2.9 and also low neutrophils of .60 (meaning I have moderate neutropenia). All other values are within range.
I had a blood test done a year ago and everything was good then (WBC of 5.6).
I don't have a fever or additional symptoms and don't think I have a virus.
I have as few questions:
1. Could this be a normal swing in my WBC, is it fairly common for healthy people to drop low and bounce back up?
2.
Bacterial infection during peginterferon-based therapy for CHC was associated with comorbidity of cirrhosis, but not with neutropenia, whether at baseline or during treatment. Neutropenic CHC patients might be treated safely with close monitoring."
Infection. 2008 Jun;36(3):250-5. Epub 2008 May 3.
Incidence of neutropenia and infections during combination treatment of chronic hepatitis C with pegylated interferon alfa-2a or alfa-2b plus ribavirin.
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Patients with CML are immunocompromised and can easily acquire infections. Neutropenia also puts a patient in an immunocompromised state.
For now, it is very important to prevent acquiring any infection. You should avoid crowded places and persons with ongoing infection.
Good luck.
The relationship between neutropenia and infectious complications in this instance is not well described. In the absence of data, reduction in IFN dose and/or G-CSF dose for those who develop neutropenia while undergoing IFN-based therapy for HCV infection are often initiated in clinical practice, as suggested in treatment guidelines [6] and mandated in most clinical trials [15].
Hello all, I'm not sure if everyone is familiar with my story but I have neutropenia and graves disease. I need to get my wisdom tooth extracted because I have avoided it long enough. When I first tried to get my wisdom pulled the dental surgeon realized that my wisdom tooth was in my nerve and that i would suffer damage if pulled. I was told to prolong it as much as I could however, I get horrible migraines (I've suffered from migraines since 13) and I need my tooth taken out.
i had some blood tests done and they told me i have mild neutropenia and mild lymphocytosis. i have no idea what it could be from. a doctor suggested to get a bone marrow extract to rule out the worst case scenario, but only if i wanted to (i really wouldn't wanna do that, to be honest i'm afraid of the process). i spoke to 3 other doctors and they told me its nothing to worry about and i definitely dont need to have my bone marrow examined.
My wife had a decompression surgery in december and after surgery has had unexplained neutropenia. All her doctors flip flop around on here and she can't seem to get any real direction as what to do and where to go. The lack of concern blows me away. my questions are what type of doctor would best meet her needs. She has seen a hematologist, immunologist, rheumatologist, and neurosurgeon.
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy and certain autoimmune disorders also result in neutropenia. So do not freak out. The cause has to be found out.
Absolute lymphocyte count is usually less than 4000 per microliter. So your count is high. Metamyelocyte is a normal stage in the maturation of granulocytes, and are usually seen in peripheral blood in infections and in bone marrow cancers or severe anemia.
In your case, the counts probably indicate an infection.
My 17 month old son just had 2nd blood test come back with low neutrophils and high lymphocytes. The doctor said something about neutropenia? Should i be worried or is this just sign of a virus?
Shortly after we met him he diagnosed Severe Chronic Neutropenia, and I was the first in the United States found with it. Then in 1991 Dr, Bedros had me put on a experimental drug called Neupogen I was the first in world put on the med, I have not yet met anyone who takes its besides me. But I do hear they use it for Cancer now but thats all I know I never met no one with my illness before.
When i had the blood test i had the flu so am wondering if the cause of these low WBC and Neutophils is because of the flu or something else??
Everything on the CBC came back fine apart from these two:
WBC - 3.6 (normal 4.0 - 11.0) LOW
Neut Seg - 1.4 (normal1.9 - 7.
Did I develop neutropenia from the Graves disease and how do I stop the neutropenia from getting worse? Also, what are some things that I should avoid as a result of my neutropenia? In addition, my heart rate ranges from 120-140 and I feel very tired and confused. Are these feelings a result of my heart rate? Thank you in advance.
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An ANC less than 500 cells/µL is defined as neutropenia and significantly increases the risk of infection. Neutropenia is the condition of a low ANC, and the most common condition where an ANC would be measured is in the setting of chemotherapy for cancer. Neutropenia increases the risk of infection.
ANC = (%neutrophils + %bands) x WBC
The unit of ANC is cells per microlitre (abbreviated µL; a microlitre is equal to one cubic millimetre) of blood."
http://en.wikipedia.
Is it possible an diabetics immune system can be compromised in a way similar to the effects of chemotherapy and she may have febrile neutropenia and not know it ? She has had regular lab tests 2 times a year and they never have said anything about this kind of problem.
This is a picture I found on google that looks just like what happens after the fluid drains and the skin opens up. I am worried about the skin being open for the weeks it takes to heal over.
gov/pubmed/18458815
During the treatment with pegylated interferons and ribavirin, we did not find a correlation between neutropenia and infections. This result provides a support for the notion that current guidelines for pegylated interferons dose reduction in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C for hematologic toxicity could be overly strict.
Doxycycline 100 mgm by mouth twice/day for 6 weeks and then once/day for 3-6 months is a common treatment of blepharitis and meibomian gland disease. It is not so much antibacterial as antiinflammatory and gets into the oild gland. That's the reason its also used for acne. There is a new product that is specific for blepharitis but I don't have the details or brand name. None of these cause floaters.
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