High White Blood Cell
White blood cells are a type of immune cell that helps to fight against infections and other disease. It is also called leukocyte.
There are different types of white blood cells which are:-
BASOPHILS
NEUTROPHILS
EOSINOPHILS
LYMPHOCYTES and
MONOCYTES.
It is produced in the bone marrow. Having a high level of white blood cells are deadly, but for some people having too low of a level means that they won’t be able to effectively fight infections. Some people may want o increase their number of white blood cells while others want decrease it. White blood cells are immune cells which are capable of causing oxidative stress.
Danger of high white blood cells
High White cells ;-
- aids the risk of dying – white blood cells count is a clinical marker of inflammation and are recruited at the site of endothelial injury and form calls plaque. It is strong predictor of the risk of dying( MORTALITY)
- Causes heart diseases. It also associate with cardiovascular mortality
- Contribute to diabetes, it value predicted diabetes when adjusted for age, sex, body fat and other establish predictor of diabetes.
- Counts to cancer, it also significantly associated with cancer death
- Can be bad for dialysis, an increased neutrophils count and decreased lymphocytes count are independent predictor of increased mortality risk in dialysis process.