[vintagechick]

About how long does it take for the white blood cell count to recover after taking antibiotics, especially if they are strong antibiotics?

[tickle]

It is difficult to determine recovery time for white blood cells. There are multiple reasons the body fights infection, plus medical conditions already present complicated by autoimmune diseases such as diabetes.

[CravenMorhead]

Why are you asking this? As Tickle said, there are many mitigating factors that affect your white blood count.

[vintagechick]

I am asking for a friend who had 3 courses of antibiotics w/ in a time span of approx. 3 months, and the last course was a strong one. Then a routine blood test done in the 3rd month showed his white blood cell count was low. They re-tested a month later and it still tested low. As far as I know he is going to have further testing done, but I did wonder if it could just be because of the antibiotic use and maybe needs some recovery time before more tests are done.

[tickle]

I am asking for a friend who had 3 courses of antibiotics w/ in a time span of approx. 3 months, and the last course was a strong one. Then a routine blood test done in the 3rd month showed his white blood cell count was low. They re-tested a month later and it still tested low. As far as I know he is going to have further testing done, but I did wonder if it could just be because of the antibiotic use and maybe needs some recovery time before more tests are done.

Yes. I understand your point regarding too much antibiotic and recovery time. This is worthwhile bringing up with the doctor, but remember, some doctors don't like there treatments challenged.

It is a little like antibiotic creams being used too long on a wound, and the wound not responding because of this.

[vintagechick]

I just thought it might be wise to give it a little time to recover before they start any extensive testing on him. I had googled my question and only found 1 article on the subject which said it could take 3-30 days to recover. It has been a little over a month since my friend finished the antibiotics. I thought maybe since they were strong antibiotics and he is an older gentleman, that he possibly needed a little extra time over and above the said 30 days to recover before any more testing is done. Thanks for everyone's input! :-)

[tickle]

I think 30 days is a stretch considering my comments; and you do say an elder gentlemanwho probably doesn't have the normal recovery for anything because of his age. Not being disrespectful in saying this. I take care of the elderly.