Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Jul 11 2010

what is the relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and a low white blood count?

Posted by: Alan in rheumatoid arthritis treatment, tags: Arthritis, Between, Blood, count, relationship, Rheumatoid, white

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2 Responses to “what is the relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and a low white blood count?”

bad guppy says:

July 11th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
the relationship may actually be due to medications the patient is taking for the rheumatoid arthritis. since it is an auto-immune disorder, immunosuppressive drugs (which suppress the immune system) are used to treat it.
belfus says:

July 11th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
the disease itself doens’t cause a low white blood cell count. rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease- if you’re taking immunosuppressants like methotrexate or prednisone, that may cause the low white counts.