What Is Lymphopoiesis?
Lymphocytes have the function of producing and carrying antibodies and preventing viral infection. The percentage of lymphocytes is a routine blood test for clinical tests, and the normal value is 20.0% to 40.0%. The percentage increase of lymphocytes is mainly seen in infectious diseases, while the decrease is mainly due to immunodeficiency diseases.
Basic Information
- Chinese name
- Lymphocyte percentage
- Reference
- 20% ~ 40%
Clinical significance of lymphocyte percentage
- Increase
- Mainly found in infectious diseases, and mainly viral infections, such as infectious lymphocytosis, infectious mononucleosis, measles, chicken pox, mumps, viral hepatitis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, also seen in pertussis , Tuberculosis, brucellosis, syphilis, etc. In addition, lymphocytosis can also occur in tumorous diseases (leukemia, lymphoma), in the recovery period of acute infectious diseases, and after organ transplantation.
- 2. lower
- Mainly seen in the application of adrenal corticosteroids, alkylating agents, anti-lymphocyte globulin and other treatments, as well as radiation damage, immunodeficiency disease, gamma globulin deficiency and so on.
Lymphocyte percentage normal reference value
- 20% to 40%.