I have had purulent sinusitis for 2 weeks. I did a morphology, ESR, and a smear. ESR above 30mm / h, 19% lymphocytes in the smear. What do these results mean? Do I have sinusitis or is it a purulent catarrh is the result of an allergy?
Hello, if you have a purulent runny nose (the discharge from the nose is green or yellow then), you should visit your family doctor or an ENT specialist who, after examination, will order appropriate treatment. It may be advisable to extend additional tests to include X-rays of the paranasal sinuses, but this will be decided by the doctor. A slight reduction in the lymphocyte count below the normal level should not be considered in isolation from the overall picture, but from the overall picture of the disease. It is also important what the total number of white blood cells is. You should take the result of the morphology test for a visit, the doctor, after examining the whole result of the morphology, will assess whether it is correct, the selected part of the morphology cannot be interpreted. Regards, Dr. n.med. Krystyna Knypl
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Krystyna KnyplInternist, hypertensiologist, editor-in-chief of "Gazeta dla Lekarzy".
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