Steroid use can "hide" signs and symptoms of an infection and also prolonged use of them may cause leukocytosis (or elevated white counts). Steroids cause increased bone marrow release of mature neutrophils, movement into the circulating neutrophil pool, and decreased tissue migration. An increase in white blood cells and neutrophilia occurs 4 to 8 hours after elevation of stress hormones or steroid use and return to normal 1 to 3 days after.
Can utilize elevate wbc
inflammation in general might cause high WBC count which is always caused by infection, also some types of leukemia (bone morrow cancer) might do that as well but the striking feature here is that the cells are (most of the times) abnormal.
WBC refers to the white blood cell count. A WBC of 15.4 can show that you are suffering from some sort of infection. Some medications like prednisone can also elevate your WBC.
Elevated white blood cell counts can be from a variety of causes such as infections or physical stresses. Usually it will just go down on its own and is a normal reaction. If it stays elevated over time it should be investigated.
my wbc is8.3 (4.4-11.3) and my lymphocytes-abs are 3.62 (0.6-3.4) is this bad
Increase in WBC means infection or an autoimmune problem
hepatitis
It is slightly elevated which could mean a number of things. If all of you counts hemoglobin, platlets are a little high you could have been a little dehydrated increasing the concentration of cells in the blood. It could mean you have a slight infection. White blood cells are your infection fighting cells. etc...
One of the main causes of an elevated ANA is rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is an autoimmune condition that causes painful and chronic inflammation of the joints.
Infection
Sedimentation rates become elevated when there is inflammation anywhere in the body.
obesity, alcohol usage, prednisone
Mildly low WBC counts are usually the result of low-grade viral infections. Even the common cold (rhinovirus) can precipitate mildly low WBC counts. (Also, on the differential, the lymphocyte portion of the WBC count is often somewhat elevated.)