You go to the doctor feeling very tired and run down. The doctor takes a blood sample for tests and checks your vital signs such as blood pressure, breathing, and pulse. Later, you receive a call from your doctor and she says you have an infection. What did the blood tests reveal about the number of white blood cells present in your blood?
Blood tests revealed that white blood cells were present in larger quantities than normal in your blood.
What happens to WBC during an infection?
Leukocytes, or white blood cells, are important for protecting your body from infection.
White blood cells circulate in your blood and respond to damage or illness as part of your immune system.
When you become ill, your body produces extra white blood cells to combat the bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances that are causing your disease.
Your white blood count will rise as a result of this. High white blood cells are diagnosed by a blood test with more than 11,000 cells per microliter of blood.
