• Question: How many white cells are there in our body?

    Asked by you cant see me to Giovanna, Duane, Andy on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      These vary, they go up if we are ill and down if we are undernourished. They can also go very high or low if you have leukaemia. A typical level of lymphocytes (one of the types of white cell) in plasma is about 1000-3500 per ml

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Great answer from Duane, can’t really add much more to that one

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