Leukopenia (agranulocytosis)

Leukopenia refers to the peripheral blood white blood cell count persistently lower than 4,000 / cubic mm. Normal white blood cell count is 4000-10000 / cubic millimeter, which accounted for 60.75% of neutrophils. More than the slow onset of leukopenia, chronic, a few may be asymptomatic. Leukopenia patients may have dizziness, fatigue, headache, weakness, loss of appetite, fever, insomnia, etc.; may have vulnerable tendencies, such as susceptibility to boil carbuncle, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and even septicemia.

Cause more leukopenia, due to various radioactive substances, anticancer drugs, anti-thyroid drugs, sulfa drugs, chlorine (combined) may be caused by adriamycin and other generation of granulocytes, mature barriers; granulocytes in the blood or tissues too much damage; particle distribution of abnormal cells, many patients with unknown etiology.

Leukopenia was based primarily on clinical diagnosis may be asymptomatic or only dizziness, fatigue, physical decline, vulnerability tendency to hold the peripheral blood leukocyte count <4,000 / cu mm, mainly neutropenia. Normal red blood cell and platelet counts, bone marrow often no obvious change.

Modern medicine is for treatment of leukopenia treatment of the primary causes of disease, exposure to harmful drugs and stop the rays, the aggressive use of antibiotics to prevent infection or control of infection, white blood cells rise of drug taking. Chronic neutropenia, the long-term follow-up, blood stability may not have medication.

Leukopenia medicine is a "Consumption", "blood deficiency" "blood virtual" category. Hash of the evil, the gas will empty. Responsible for its pathogenesis, then with the heart, liver, spleen, kidney related, but especially in the spleen, kidney most closely. Spleen is to transport and loss of power, blood biochemistry passive; kidney essence is enough bad blood fine is insufficient. So on leukopenia, and more to the spleen, kidney weak argument, through the spleen, kidney and the purpose of Qi and blood.