Everything You Need to Know About Blood Diseases – Symptoms, Signs, Causes, Diagnosis,Risk Factors,Types and Treatments

Leucopenia

This disease is the opposite of leucocytosis. In leucocytosis, there is an excess of WBCs, while in leucopenia, white blood cells are deficient in the blood. There is a particular decrease in particular types of white blood cells, which is usually a neutrophil. Due to this decrease, it is complicated for the patient immune system to fight against infections. As mentioned in the above disease that there are many different types of white blood cells like basophils, neutrophils, monocytes, eosinophils, and lymphocytes, and all these types protect the once body from many kinds of dangerous infections like fungal, bacterial, and viral infections.

The symptoms or signs are fever higher than 100.5 degrees F, sweating, chills. And the causes include many diseases such as myelofibrosis, myeloproliferative syndrome, hypersplenism, and aplastic anaemia.

Usually, the symptoms of this disease do not become noticeable, so when there is a decrease in WBCs proven by the test, one must have to go to the doctor immediately.

The treatment depends on what caused the leucopenia. To treat leucopenia medications, chemotherapy, and radiations given to these patients, along with growth factor therapy that can increase the concentration of white blood cells in the body. If left untreated, it is also hazardous.