Information Needed Desperately On Neutropenia. Posted: 09-05-03 23:41pm
My mother has been hospitalized for 20
days and just came home, but is still sick
and the doc's don't know why this happened
or how. She has no neutrophil count at
all. They gave her neupogen for 14 days,
but still no neutrophils. She often got
very high fevers, as high as 104. She
has had rheumatoid arthritis for close to
18 years. They now think it may be
lupus. This all came on without any
warning. She was never sick before like
this. Nobody has any clue why or how
this happened. They did 2 bone marrow
aspirates on her and thank god, it is not
leukemia. How can you make ones
neutrophils come back???? She is not
allowed to eat any fresh vegetables or
fruits and is not to go around any fresh
flowers. They have her on voriconazole,
cipro, prednisone. If anybody has any
suggestions or experiences, please share
them. I would really appreciate it.
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LadyBrannon
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 506 Location: TX
Neutrophils Posted: 09-06-03 22:29pm
Are needed for infection fighting...Thus
why they checked for leukemia.
Did they give you a reason for checking
for lupus besides the neutrophil count?
Did they do ana? Sed rate? Double
stranded dna? C reactive protein? Single
stranded? Check for anemia?
What other symptoms does she have?
There are a lot of questions I would be
asking here...And I would take a long look
at her medical history!
