White blood cells (leukocytes) are the body's defense against infective organisms and foreign substances. To defend the body adequately. a sufficient number of white blood must stimulate the right responses, get to where they are needed,and then kill and digest the harmful organisms and substances.
Too few or too many white blood cells indicates a disorder. Leukopenia a decrease in the number of white cells to fewer than 4,000 per microliter, make a person more susceptible to infections
CAUSES; Neutropenia has a number of causes. The number of neutrophils can decrease because bone marrow production isn't adequate or because large numbers of white blood cells are destroyed in the circulation.Aplastic anemia causes neutropenia as well as deficiencies in other types of blood cells, Certain rare hereditary diseases such as infantile genetic agranulocytosis and familial neutropenia, also cause decreases in the number of white blood cells.
TREATMENT; The treatment of neutropenia depends on its cause and severity. drugs that may cause neutropenia are discontinued whenever possible. some times the bone marrow recovers by its self with out treatment. People who have mild neutropenia generally have no symptoms and may not need treatment People who have sevsre neutropenia can rapidly succumb to infection because their bodies lack the means to fight the invading organisms. When these people develop infections they are generally hospitalized and immedialely given strong antibiotics, even before the cause and exact location of the infection are identified.
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