Please tell me what it means if ones white blood cell count is slightly high?
It can mean several things depending on the height of the blood count and the type of cells that are elevated. Many inflammatory conditions can elevate one’s blood count and this is normal under certain stresses. Infections of virus, bacteria etc., are the most common and these pass after a couple of weeks. Disorders of blood production can produce elevated white counts. These are usually accompanied by unusual cells(blasts, etc.) In the blood count. First of all recheck the count 4 weeks or so after the first count (or after any infection clears). If the count is above 15 thousand this is very unusual. It is common to have counts to 15,000 and it is usually not even elevated until 10,000.
