Is a blood count of 17,000 considered high?

Blood count, also known as white blood cell count, its normal range is (4000~10000)×10^6/L range, blood count 17000×10^6/L, more than the normal range belongs to the elevation, suggesting that there may be infectious diseases, acute poisoning or injuries, oncological diseases and so on.
1. Infectious diseases: the most common cause of abnormally elevated blood test, common infectious diseases include skin boils and carbuncles, tissue suppuration, bacterial pneumonia, appendicitis and so on.
2. Acute poisoning or injury: including lead, mercury and other heavy metal poisoning, as well as acute tissue trauma or hemorrhage, etc., which can cause an abnormal increase in neutrophils, eosinophils and other inflammatory cells, thus leading to an abnormal level of white blood cell count.
3. Tumor: Abnormal elevation of white blood cell level may occur in the occurrence of immune or hematopoietic system diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma.
It is recommended to go to the hospital in time if you have an abnormally high white blood cell count.