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WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE - Coggle Diagram
WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
HAEMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
NON MALIGNANT (BENIGN)
quantitative WBC disorders
increased/decreased numbers
MALIGNANT
leukaemia
NUMERICAL ABNORMALITIES
-PHILIA
increased
neutrophilia, basophilia, eosinophilia
-PAENIA
decreased
neutropaenia, lymphocytopaenia
BENIGN ABNORMALITIES
NEUTROPHILIA ∵
severe infection
immature neutrophils
toxic granulation
response to certain cancers
drugs
NEUTROPAENIA ∵
drug induced
following chemotherapy
post viral/bacterial infection
hereditary
SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE NEUTROPAENIA
infections of mouth and throat
ulceration of skin
septicaemia
EOSINOPHILIA ∵
parasitic infections
allergic diseases
skin diseases
drugs
BASOPHILIA
mixodema
smallpox
chicken pox
ulcerative colitis
MONOCYTOSIS
levels increase with neutrophils
rheumatoid arthritis
protozoal infections
LYMPHOCYTOSIS ∵
seen in children
infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever)
measles, mumps
whooping cough