if you think you're going through a primary outbreak, can a doctor base a new infection on white blood cell count until antibody results are in ? My blood cell count was perfect and he said he is 99% that's not herpes then and never heard back. now 5 months later I get some lesions on the side of my finger randomly and get checked at sexual health . swab is negative but they never broke open or changed to ulcers just shrunk but got non type specific test done for blood and shows positive . I had shingles 2 years ago so they said that could be the cause
Thats a good question. Ive known doctors to suggest infection for people who have low wbc counts and prescribe antibiotics when bacterial infection symptoms accompany the wbc count. Similar to the diagnosis of a UTI, doctors can look at wbc in urine to detect an infection, they dont need a culture right away. So I would say yes, accompanied by clinical symptoms present or not present, I believe a doctor could make a fair assessment/diagnosis based on wbc count, but not wbc alone.