It is quite difficult to protect children from diseases, only if you put the baby in an isolated room or create a sterile cube or ball for him. But since this is physically impossible, it remains only to come to terms with the fact that children are sick. External factors such as fever, runny nose or other symptoms may not indicate that the child is unwell. Most precisely, the presence of the disease is indicated by the blood, its changed indicators.
Often, when receiving blood tests, parents pay attention to the number of leukocytes and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, believing that only these indicators are able to reflect the inflammation in the body. If there is an increase in other numbers, for example, lymphocytes, the parents may even start to panic. Although enlarged lymphocytes also indicate that the body is fighting some kind of infection.
Often, worries about the increased number of lymphocytes in a child are associated with the fact that there are oncological diseases characterized by this increased indicator. An accurate diagnosis can only be made by a doctor.
Increased lymphocytes in the blood
By themselves, lymphocytes are blood cells responsible for the state of the immune system. It is they, according to doctors, who are the first to respond to the appearance of an infection in the body. Their number increases so that the body can successfully fight the disease, which, naturally, is reflected in the blood tests.
An increase in lymphocytes in the child's blood indicates the presence of various diseases. And that could mean they signal whooping cough, measles, chickenpox, malaria, shingles, etc. In addition, lymphocytes increase even if the child suffers from bronchial asthma, anemia, etc.
When receiving test results, you should not panic, you just need to make an appointment with a doctor as early as possible. He will examine the child, assess any accompanying symptoms, and make a diagnosis.
An increase in lymphocytes in the blood has a completely scientific name - lymphocytosis. It, in turn, is divided into 2 groups:
- relative;
- absolute.
Absolute, as a rule, indicates that some kind of common infection has entered the body. The diagnosis "relative lymphacytosis" is made if a child develops a more serious illness - flu, pyoinflammatory problems, etc.
Naturally, one of the most terrible diseases, which is indicated by an increase in the number of lymphocytes, is leukemia, or blood cancer. However, do not panic ahead of time, because leukemia is characterized not only by this problem.
Also, lymphocytes can increase with hypersensitivity to various drugs, thymic hyperplasia, serum sickness, Crohn's vasculitis, ulcerative colitis, neurasthenia, etc.
What to do
First of all, you need to see a doctor. After all, only a specialist can determine what exactly caused the increase in lymphocytes in the child's blood.
If you are too nervous, you can take a number of general standard tests to come to your appointment already prepared. This can speed up the diagnosis process.
It is not so difficult to reduce the number of lymphocytes in the blood. As soon as you start treatment, they will automatically decrease by themselves.
