Blood diseases always seriously affect the body. One of them is leukopenia. This disease is associated with a low white blood cell count. With this disease, the number of blood cells decreases to 1000-4000 per milliliter, while the norm is from 5000 to 8000. What is the danger of leukopenia and how is it treated?
The causes of the disease
Leukopenia can occur for a variety of reasons. Most often it is caused by diseases such as, for example, bone marrow aplasia, acute leukemia, bone marrow metastases, myelodysplastic syndromes. Other ailments that can cause leukopenia are anemia, acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, malaria, polio, typhoid, sepsis, anaphylactic shock, systemic lesions of connective tissues, cirrhosis of the liver. Incorrect regulation of leukocyte formation, damaged bone marrow, brain hematopoietic cells, stem cells, or a deficiency of substances necessary for the creation of white blood cells, such as B vitamins, copper, iron, and folic acid, can also cause disease.
How is leukopenia manifested?
This disease is not too bright.
expressed at the initial stage. Patients complain of persistent headache, general weakness, fatigue and dizziness. Such symptoms do not cause serious concern, so many do not give them due importance. The disease develops, which causes migraines, fever, chills, rapid pulse and nervous tension. With leukopenia, ulcers and erosion in the gastrointestinal tract, inflammation in the mouth, blood infection and pneumonia can also occur. If the disease accompanies the flu or other infections, then the lymph nodes and spleen can increase. When these symptoms appear, you should not panic, but you need to seek the help of a doctor immediately.
Leukopenia Treatment
At the moment, doctors know many drugs that stimulate the body to produce white blood cells. With leukopenia, not only medications are prescribed, but also a certain diet. The diet should include vegetables and fruits, fresh herbs, dairy products, buckwheat, rice and oatmeal. It’s good to eat foods high in protein, such as chicken, rabbit, and veal. Hematopoiesis and walnuts are stimulated, the use of buckwheat or flower honey, as well as propolis, will not hurt. You can ask for help and to folk recipes. The best way to help forget what leukopenia is is a decoction of oats from 40 grams of unpeeled cereal and 400 milliliters of warm water. For fifteen minutes, boil the oats on low heat, insist for about twelve hours, then strain and drink 100 milliliters three times a day. It is advisable not to make a decoction in reserve, and to cook a fresh portion every day. There is also a dessert, from which leukopenia recedes. This is honey with pollen. On a piece of honey, take two parts of pollen, mix and let stand for three days. Every day, eat a teaspoon of sweet medicine with a glass of milk.