CancerCompass message board discussion started by Critter72377 on 6/6/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,5577,0.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ anyone at all no anything about this Critter72377 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT Refers to a decrease in the number of white blood cells. White blood cells fight infection, help things heal. Neutropenia--used interchangably much of the time with leukopenia--is the absence of neutrophils which are part of the white blood cells. I have been neutropenic--a count of zero--since I have large granular leukemia (lgl). I'm under treatment now so it's better. I got lots of infections without a high white cell count. A low white cell count is a symptom of something or it's caused by chemo treatments other things... Catch22 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT