Hi everybody i had Vasculitis which my Rhematolgist said is now gone,that was caused by upper tract infection..Anyways i took Medrol 6 weeks ago 6 days,and a cream steroid for over a month..

My rheumatolgist ran 20 some tests all normal,and ive had plenty of other testing..

Than on the 21st i becme anemic,they ran another cbc 28 and I had wbc of 2.7..They ran another on the 4th and my hemoglobin and everything came up but wbc is only 2.8,with number of lympocyotes..all the others in range,,Rdw is a bit high,and so was my reticycycle count,which my dr said meant a healthy bone marrow..

im worried about lymphoma,leukemia etc..

Ive had a chronic tooth abecss for 3 months could that do it,couldnt get it pulled steroids..

Could the steroids have lowered it from 4.3 to 2.8??

i have bad anxiety and dont see the hemtaolgist for 2 weeks..Im a bit tired more than usual really thats about it..I also just had another egd done,and it showed erosive gastritis with a little bleeding that could be the anemia..Ive always had gastritis..Im only 27 im freaking out anybody tell me anything??Does the high reticycle count look good for it not being serious??

I am not a Doctor , but this is what I understand.
High reticulocytes can be both good and bad depending on how you look at it.

High reticulocyte usually indicates Hemolysis(premature destruction of RBCs) of some kind. Elevated reticulocyte numbers means your bone marrow is trying to keep up with the destruction of RBCs and producing more of it. So your bone marrow is doing what it is supposed to do in such situations which is good.

The bad part is that RBCs are bring destroyed and there has to be a reason for this. Usually bleeding anywhere could account for this. Sometimes the Hemolysis is idiopathic (reason cannot be found). btw, did they also give you the Croombs test ?

Visit the Anemia board for more info regarding hemolysis.

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cutiepye, how low is your WBC?

Mine has bounced from 3.2 to 4.3 for several years. All my other counts are normal. I was going to do a bone marrow biopsy just to be sure nothing was up, but the day I showed up for that my count was over 4, and my doctor said he ethically couldn't do it, because he was basically looking at 'a healthy cbc'. So now I'm waiting again to follow up and see where my counts currently are.

My hematologist told me he has a patient who he's seen for over 6 years who came to him with a WBC of 600 and he immediately did a bone marrow biopsy, and it was normal. She is healthy, doesn't get sick often, and he's followed up with her for 6 years with no change in condition.

Was your weightloss totally without effort? Also, I think weight loss itself can lower WBC (if you're on a crash diet) I know anorexics tend to have lower WBC. I wonder if mine was higher at my BMB because I had recently been EATING a lot and gained some weight (it was right after Christmas).

Anyway, those are just my thoughts. Good luck to you and try not to worry too much. When is your appointment with a hematologist?