Q. Does the CBC report of elevated WBC and platelets mean leukemia?
Hello doctor, About a month ago, I did a CBC for a regular check up. It came back as elevated WBC and platelets. It was 16.3. Neutrophils absolute 11.8, lymph’s absolute 3.5, platelets 402. Everything else was in normal range. I have had it done twice and it stayed about the same. I recently did an abdominal CT scan and it was normal. My doctor is going to do another CBC and if it is still elevated, she is going to send me to a specialist. I am extremely upset and worried. I have no symptoms. Does this mean I more than likely to have leukemia? I am a single mother and I am terrified. Could I please get a response?
Hello. Your platelet count is within normal limit. So do not worry about that. Your total count and neutrophils count is high. But your total count is not high enough to be labelled as leukemia. Usually such high count up to 20000 can be due to infection or any inflammation. So in such case, antibiotic course can be prescribed and repeated CBC after 10 days. However, if you can attach your reports then further comment can be given. Do not directly think about leukemia.In leukemia, total count is very high up to 1 lakh.