What would be happening if your white blood cell count went up?

Question

What would be happening if your white blood cell count went up?

Answer 1

infection most likely

Answer 2

You would probably be sick. When someone is ill, their white count goes up naturally, as it is the bodies defense. However, if your white count went up, and stayed there, and began to outnumber the red cells, then you have leukemia.

Answer 3

fighting an infectioN

Answer 4

as you know that wbc's engulf phagocytes( or d disease causing agents)

so as the infection or phagocytes increase the wbc's increase to engulf or eat them so as to decrease d effect of infection.

This is how our immune system works.

thus increase in wbc no. indicates infection in body