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High white blood count
I had a blood test the other day because I've been suffering with really low energy so they were checking my iron levels. I haven't spoken to a dr yet but I've just checked on the NHS app and my results have come back to say I have a high white blood count. After some goggling I'm a bit worried it might be pre-eclampsia, but I have no other symptoms and when they've been checking my BP At my appts there's been no issues - my next appt isn't until the 24th, but I'm unsure whether I should wait until then (I'll be having another blood test as I'll be 28 weeks) or if I should call the maternity triage, thoughts?
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What was your WCC? It may be that you have an infection on board and your white cells are elevated to help fight it off x
I ended up ringing the maternity triage and they said it looked okay, they've just said it is worth dropping a urine sample off to my docs to check for any infection, but they said my WCC levels weren't actually that high! Thanks all ☺️
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If it's really high then I would call triage or the doc as it can be a sign of infection and they need to tackle that.