Monocyte ratio of 20% belongs to the index of elevated, consider the possibility of mononucleosis, and most of the causes are due to viral infections, can also be caused by chronic granulocytic leukemia and so on.
1. Mononucleosis mostly refers to infectious mononucleosis, mostly caused by EBV infection, the human body suffers from EBV infection monocyte-macrophage system proliferation, usually accompanied by irregular fever, pharyngitis, lymph node enlargement, etc., peripheral blood lymphocytes and the proportion of heterogeneous lymphocytes increased.
Most patients can recover spontaneously or return to normal after antiviral therapy (oseltamivir).
2. In addition, some patients with hematological diseases may have a significant increase in monocytes, such as chronic granulocytic leukemia or acute monocytic leukemia.
It is recommended to go to the hematology department of regular hospitals to improve the EBV test, manual classification of white blood cells, and if necessary, perform bone marrow aspiration to clarify the cause of the disease, and timely treatment under the guidance of physicians.