Leukocytosis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

Leukocytosis is a medical disorder when the white blood cell count (the leukocyte count) is higher than the normal range in the blood
High white blood cell count is a higher amount in disease-fighting cells (leukocytes) circulating in the blood.
Leukocytosis is frequently a sign of the inflammatory response most commonly due to infection, but may also happen after certain parasitic infections or bone tumors.
It may also happen after convulsions such as epilepsy, emotional stress, strenuous exercise, pregnancy and labor, anesthesia, and epinephrine injection.
A high white blood cell count normally suggests a:
1. Raised production of white blood cells to fight an infection
2. Reaction to a drug that increases white blood cell production
3. Disorder of bone marrow, resulting in abnormally high production of white blood cells
4. Immune system disorder that produces higher white blood cell production
There are five principal types of leukocytosis:
1. Neutrophilia (the most common form)
2. Lymphocytosis
3. Monocytosis
4. Eosinophilia
5. Basophilia
The mechanism that produces leukocytosis can be of several forms:
1. A higher release of leukocytes from bone marrow storage pools,
2. Decreased margination of leukocytes onto vessel walls,
3. Decreased extravasation of leukocytes from the vessels into tissues,
4. An increase in amount of precursor cells in the marrow
Certain medicines may cause leukocytosis including:
1. Corticosteroids,
2. Lithium
3. Beta agonists
A high white blood cell count of more than 11,000 leukocytes in a micro-liter of blood in adults is normally considered leukocytosis.
The high end for a high white blood cell count in children depends on the child’s age and size
Leukapheresis or exchange blood transfusion is a treatment of choice for this purpose with:
1. Hydration,
2. Urine alkalinization,
3. Administration of rasburicase (uric acid oxydase) or allopurinol to decrease blood uric acid and minimize tumor lysis syndrome.
When rasburicase is used, urine alkalinization is not recommended.
Definitive treatment of underlying cause is promptly instituted with appropriate chemotherapy

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Leukocytosis
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Eosinophilia
Chapter 8 Leukemia
Epilogue

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Nov 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370381104

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Leukocytosis,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B., B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2015 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes the Leukocytosis, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases such as Eosinophilia, Leukemia which are seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://ken-med.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 650 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical conditions.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring you the latest information about a condition or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Leukocytosis

What is Leukocytosis?

Leukocytosis is a medical disorder when the white blood cell count (the leukocyte count) is higher than the normal range in the blood

High white blood cell count is a higher amount in disease-fighting cells (leukocytes) circulating in the blood.

High white blood cell count is also known as leukocytosis.

A high white blood cell count of more than 11,000 leukocytes in a micro-liter of blood in adults is normally considered leukocytosis.

The high end for a high white blood cell count in children depends on the child’s age