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amother

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 6:07 am

My 1yo did a bloodtest to check iron levels and it came back very off. I'm so worried. Can anyone help me figure this out. I haven't heard anything back from the dr yet
Wbc very high 20.70 k/ul
Lymphocytes high
Eosinophils high
Hemoglobin little low
Hematocrit little low
Platelets very high 707 k/ul
The rest is b''h normal range

salt

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 6:26 am

Probably not the best idea, but you can google everything.
Best is to go back to your pediatrician and ask him/her what is important to treat or at least monitor.

amother

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 6:30 am

salt wrote:

Probably not the best idea, but you can google everything.
Best is to go back to your pediatrician and ask him/her what is important to treat or at least monitor.

I was so stupid to do that already. Guess what, it says all the worst things... but I know I can't rely on that

Success10

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 7:11 am

Is he a little sick, under the weather? Or just finishing off an infection of some sort?

amother

Brunette

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 7:21 am

WBC elevated -like another poster said, is he feeling under the weather? It's elevated when someone is sick.
Hemoglobin and hematocrit low- he may need iron supplements. Is he eating a lot of solids? Youll need to increase his iron intake.
Elevated platelets can also occur during illness or due to iron deficiency.

tweety1

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 7:28 am

His platelets are very high. But his white count isn't terrible at all. It sounds like an infection to me. My dd had over 30 with strep and my Dr wasn't concerned at all. Platelets can go high or low during an infection or even virus. That's what my pediatrician told me.

anonymrs

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 8:49 am

Does he have allergies?

amother

Scarlet

Thu, Dec 30 2021, 8:12 am

OP, what did the ped say in the end?

amother

Forestgreen

Thu, Dec 30 2021, 10:15 am

The body fighting an infection?

oakandfig19

Thu, Dec 30 2021, 10:19 am

Eosinophils are allergies, my baby is allergic to soy and dairy and he had high levels once. Wbc being high is likely due to infection. I would try not to worry as those aren’t immediately concerning especially if he seems overall healthy. Bring it up with doctor though and consider if he may have a food allergy.

amother

Aconite

Thu, Dec 30 2021, 7:23 pm

Sounds like an infection going on.

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