I got my cbc back and my monocytes are incredibly high.The range is like 1-4 and mine was 19.2 could anyone translate this for me..what does this mean?
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it could mean lots of things or nothinghigh moncyte count can be a sympton of mono-nucleosishow about you ask your doctor?
Although it could be many things, a high monocyte count will usually indicate an infection somewhere - but it's impossible to diagose without seeing the other results - was everything else normal? If the dr didn't seem worried, i wouldn't worry. Hang in there!
There are lots of causes. The commonest one is mononucleosis, affectionately known as "the kissing disease".Monocytes are one of several types of white blood cells; segemented neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, basophils and eosinophils are the main ones that get counted.On the whole, think mono. Rarely, leukemia will be from a monocytic clone, but that would usually also show a major elevation in the white count.
The Mononucleosis is so-named because the count of mononuclear leukocytes (white blood cells with a one-lobed nucleus) rises significantly. There are two main types of mononuclear leukocytes: monocytes and lymphocytes. They normally account for about 35% of all white blood cells. With Mono, it can become 50-70% Also, the total white blood count increases 10000-20000 per cubic millimeter.
Please see the webpages for more details on Monocyte and Mononucleosis.
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