Where to neutrophils come from?
Neutrophils, along with red cells and platelets are made in the bone marrow, located in the center of many of the larger bones of your body. The bone marrow needs iron, vitamins and other building blocks from food to make a proper amount of white blood cells. Neutrophils circulate for a very short time, often just a few hours, so the bone marrow must continuously make neutrophils in order to maintain a normal number of cells. What causes neutropenia? Neutropenia is having too few white blood cells, neutrophils, and may occur from too few cells being formed or can occur from cells being destroyed more quickly than usual. Drugs or nutritional deficiencies may reduce the rate of production of neutrophils. Abnormal bone marrow conditions such as myelodysplastic syndromes, leukemia, or aplastic anemia may cause a decrease in production of neutrophils. Destruction of neutrophils at a faster than normal rate may also result in a decreased neutrophil count. There are a number of diseases that
