Can’t you do an amniocentesis with high white blood cells?

Amniocentesis should not be done for high white blood cell counts to avoid increasing the chance of intrauterine inflammation and infection. The high white blood cells indicate that there may be inflammation in a certain part of the body, and amniocentesis is an invasive test, requiring ultrasound monitoring from the pregnant woman’s abdomen into the puncture needle, through the uterus into the amniotic cavity, a small amount of amniotic fluid for chromosome karyotyping, the operation process has the possibility of intrauterine infections, the body inflammation should not be carried out for the time being, so as not to increase the risk of intrauterine infections in the fetus. It is recommended to go to the hospital to check the cause of high white blood cells, and then according to the cause of the targeted selection of antibiotic treatment, such as penicillin, the impact on the pregnant woman and the fetus will be relatively small, the body in all aspects of the recovery of normal before considering the amniocentesis test. Women who have high white blood cells are advised to go to a professional hospital to consult and learn about the specific precautions to be taken.