Leukopenia requires hospitalization. Patients with leukopenia have low immunity and are prone to infections; and there are many causes of leukopenia, which need to be identified and treated.
Leukocytes in the human body mainly play the role of anti-inflammatory, clear invading bacteria and other functions, is an important part of the body’s immune defense mechanism. When leukopenia occurs, the body’s immunity will be lowered, and then it will be easy to have all kinds of bacterial, viral, mycoplasma or chlamydia, tuberculosis and other infections.
There are many causes of leukopenia, including benign causes, malignant causes, and medications. Benign causes include: hepatitis virus infection; hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism; rheumatoid arthritis, dry syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and other rheumatic immune diseases; splenomegaly with hypersplenism; Helicobacter pylori infection.
Malignant causes of leukopenia include myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloma, lymphoma, leukemia, and other hematologic malignancies.
Medications that can cause leukopenia include amoxicillin, cephalosporins, interferons, and chemotherapeutic agents (e.g., cytarabine, hydroxyurea, and flexeril).
Therefore, patients with leukopenia need to go to the hematology department in time to improve the relevant examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and to be targeted treatment, leukocyte treatment, etc., and pay attention to personal hygiene, dietary hygiene, and avoid entering and leaving densely populated places in order to prevent infections.