Hi all - I have spoken to a doctor, not my usual one and he tells me that my WBC was borderline high on my first 2 tests, 10.2 and 10.8 but the one last week was 13.8. He thinks its the pred but I will re-test early feb. I tried to get him to explain why the pred would cause it to go higher but all he said was you are on a high dose (70mg),which wasn't much of an explanation !

So can any of you knowlegdeable (that doesn't look right) people explain to me how it works ? I thought pred was used to suppress our overactive immune systems and stop the ACHr receptors being attacked, and I also thought white blood cells were produced by the immune system to attack infections. Aren't they part of the same immune system ? How does it manage to suppress one bit and not the other, or are they separate things altogether.

I would be grateful for someone to explain it to me in simple language !

Lynne