What Are White Blood Cells?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
9. High White Blood Cell Count
While white blood cells are very important to us, they can cause problems if there are too many of them in the system. It can happen because too many are released from the bone marrow, or because too many are being produced. There are a number of reasons why this can happen, and these include stress, infection, cancer, pregnancy, some medication, smoking, and allergies.
Although a high white blood cell count might be caused by something serious, the condition itself does not necessarily cause symptoms. Symptoms, if they do arise, will generally include bleeding, bruising, fainting, fever, pain, and weight loss.
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