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Steroids for acute pneuminia
I have elevated wbc when i go to the hospital and confined my wbc is 12000 but after that they put some medecine like steroids after 4 days my wbc become 20000 i choose to go home because unstead it less it add more
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Dr. Asad Raza
General Physician
12 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pneumonia
Types: RSV, bacterial, mycoplasma, PCP, viral, fungal, legionella, chlamydia, eosinophilic, hypersensitivity.
SX â Productive cough, chills, fever, pleuritic CP, chills, tachypnea.
FOLWC â Fever, dec O2, abd Lung sounds, inc WBC, (+) CXR.
PE â
⢠Lungs: crackles or rhonchi, dec breath sounds.
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DX â ⢠CBC (inc WBC), ESR, CRP, CMP, ABG. Blood Culture, Sputum gram stain and culture. CXR.
Health Tips
TX â Admit to hospital. ⢠O2. IV Antibiotics (macrolide, Fluoroquinolone, Cephalosporin, anti-pseudomonal) - based on culture report.
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Dr. Yogesh Kumar Sehrawat
Consultant Physician
11 yrs exp
Delhi
Hello dear patient, steroids are given in selected respiratory conditions to suppress the inflammatory response of the body. And yes it increases wbc or tlc numbers, but the treatment depends upon the doctors decision when and how the medicines are to be used. Doctor is not trained to decrease the wbc levels but to treat the patient so merely wbc levels are not indicative of a patients health status. I advise you to consult the doctor if you have any doubts like this, before leaving the treatment midway. Tc
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