What does a white blood cell count of 16500 mean?

Answer 1

A white blood cell count of 13,000 white blood cells per cubic millimeter is above the normal range for an adult male and indicates that there is an infection in the body. Something very serious like cancer or other less serious infections such as bronchitis could cause this increase in white blood cells. Many of these infections are brought about by tobacco use. Since it is common for a tobacco user to get these types of infections, their white blood cell count may often be high.

Answer 2

The normal number of white blood cells are 4,500-10,500 white blood cells per microliter. This number can vary between testing sites however. An elevated white blood cell count may indicate the body is currently fighting an infection.

Answer 3

Generally it would mean that you have an infection somewhere.

Answer 4

If you have a white blood cell count of 16,000 then your levels are too high. Some things that can cause a high count are anemia, smoking, infections, and leukemia.

Answer 5

it shows infection at first,you must check appendise ,and then find sourse of infection,maybe leukemia too.

Answer 6

Generally, we think of WBC counts over 10,000 as being elevated and indicating an infectious process is present.