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White blood cells are your defence against foreign microorganisms. If you have a shortage of white blood cells, you can easily be affected by what other people are not. For instance if somebody passed on their germs to you, you could be affected by a cold or flu that they weren't affected by because their white blood cells were fighting it off

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Wraps around harmful bacteria and produce antibodies to combat diseases?

White blood cells are the backbone of the bodies immunity. White blood cells attach to bad cells or bacteria to help fight of disease.


What is the normal white blood cell count in mm?

I think its about 5,000 blood cells. I knew this guy who had a growth and he had 30,000 white blood cells because his immune system was trying to fight off the growth. It was bad!


What the white blood cells do?

they protect your body against any disease or any bad germs


What do the white blood cells?

they protect your body against any disease or any bad germs


What is the avrege percent of bad blood sells in your body at a time?

The average percentage of "bad" blood cells in the body is very low, typically less than 1%. Most of the blood cells in our body are healthy red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets that help maintain overall health and function. An increase in the percentage of abnormal or "bad" blood cells may indicate a medical condition that requires further evaluation by a healthcare professional.


Is it bad to have high white blood cells?

Very, your brain could impload at any moment, you should probably get that checked..


How does blood fight garms?

There are components of blood and one of these components is called white blood cells. These cells are just one of our defensive mechanisms and thay fight off anything bad that enters the body, but the only problem is that the bad and good cells are so similar that sometimes the good cells fight the good cells and this can leasd to things like arthritus.


Is non-hodgkins lymphoma a kind of cancer?

Yes it is it runs in the blood. The white blood cells transform into cancer cells. As you may well know, the white blood cells run in the blood and go to injured parts of the body. Protein helps develop more white blood cells. As you probably already know blood cells transform at lightning speed into cancer cells. Good luck to anybody reading this who has any type of cancer.


What is the medical term meaning an increase in all types of blood cells?

Leukocytescancer that occurs because you are still growing but something interfered and now your white blood cells are effected and you get cancer. that is what happened to terry fox. i should know. i am a huge fan.Leukemia is the cancer in which too many (bad) white blood cells are produced.As for the cancer of the acutal white blood cells, I'm not sure.LEUKEMIA IS THE WHITE BLOOD CELL CANCER.leukemia


What triggers low white blood count cells?

White blood cells fight bacterial infections in our bodies. So an increase in white blood cells from their normal level would often indicate a bacterial infection. Very often an antibiotic is prescribed to treat the condition.


What do white blood cells have that red blood cells do not have?

White blood cells are very different that red blood cells. Red blood cells transport oxygen to tissues, white blood cells have the function of fighting off infections. Red blood cells also have no nucleus, white blood cells do, infact some even have multiple. There is only one type of red blood cell. There are many different types of white blood cells, each has a different function in adaptive and innate immunity.


What should your White blood cell count range?

White blood cell count (WBC). The number of white blood cells in a volume of blood. Normal range varies slightly between laboratories but is generally between 4,300 and 10,800 cells per cubic millimeter (cmm). This can also be referred to as the leukocyte count and can be expressed in international units as 4.3 - 10.8 x 109 cells per liter.