Faced with the health problems that arise in a newborn baby, newly minted mothers and fathers, far from medicine, often panic. To prevent this from happening, each parent should have an idea of common childhood diseases. Also, knowledge of the normative values of the various components of blood and urine does not hurt, which will allow you to understand the results of the analyzes of your child without the help of doctors.
Monocytes are one of the forms of white blood cells - blood cells that protect the body from the penetration of various pathogens. These are the most active and largest in size forms of white blood particles. They are formed in the
bone marrow, and as they mature, they penetrate the circulatory system, from where, after about three days, they enter the tissues and organs of the body: liver, lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen. There they are transformed into macrophages - the so-called "infection eaters", which absorb dead cells and pathogenic microbes, promote the resorption of blood clots, and prevent the development of tumors. Monocytes are capable of killing even those harmful microorganisms that are superior in size. But they show their maximum activity, while still immature, when they are in the circulatory system.
How to understand that
monocytes in the blood of a child are
elevatedThese cells are in the internal environment of the body of any person. Depending on the age, only their number varies - it is not the same in different periods. So, at birth, from the total number of leukocytes, monocytes should be 3-12 percent. Under the age of one year, their number varies from 4 to 10 percent. From one to fifteen years, the content in the blood of 3-9 percent of monocytes of the total number of leukocytes is considered normal. In an adult, their number should be no more than 11 percent, but no less than 3. If the monocytes are elevated in the child's blood, it can be said that there is some kind of pathological process in the body. To identify it, a medical examination should be performed.
Reasons for deviation from the norm
Monocytosis is a condition in which monocytes are elevated. The reasons for this most often lie in the development of an infectious disease. In addition, an increase in the number of such forms of leukocytes is possible with blood diseases, toxoplasmosis, brucellosis, infectious mononucleosis, malaria and other pathologies. Monocytes are elevated in a child’s blood and may also be due to the presence of serious diseases and conditions such as sepsis, leukemia, and tuberculosis. In addition, monocytosis often develops as a result of malignant processes in the lymphatic system.
Monocytes may be elevated in a child's blood relative. Moreover, their number among all leukocytes exceeds the norm, but in general the number of white blood cells remains optimal. If the monocytes are absolutely elevated in the child’s blood, an increase in both macrophages and phagocytes is observed. It is worth noting that under certain conditions their level may, on the contrary, be below normal. The reasons for this condition are usually operations, some blood diseases, purulent processes, bone marrow pathologies.