decreased lymphocyte in hemothorax pt

Can anyone please explain why a pt woth hemothorax would have a decreased lymphocytes? And for those of you who saw my earlier post, yes this is related to that.
Quote from nursingstudent_2012Can anyone please explain why a pt woth hemothorax would have a decreased lymphocytes? And for those of you who saw my earlier post, yes this is related to that.

Quote from nursingstudent_2012Can anyone please explain why a pt woth hemothorax would have a decreased lymphocytes? And for those of you who saw my earlier post, yes this is related to that.

Is it a low absolute lymphocyte count (sometimes listed as lymph # or lymph-Abs), a low relative lymphocyte count (lymph %), or both? Are any of the other types of white cells high or low? If another type of WBC is elevated, that may give you a low relative lymphocyte percentage, even if the absolute number of lymphocytes is normal.

Quote from EricJRNIs it a low absolute lymphocyte count (sometimes listed as lymph # or lymph-Abs), a low relative lymphocyte count (lymph %), or both? Are any of the other types of white cells high or low? If another type of WBC is elevated, that may give you a low relative lymphocyte percentage, even if the absolute number of lymphocytes is normal.

Quote from nursingstudent_2012Hi. Thank you for replying. Ahmm....it was actually a low lymph percentage. And his WBC was high. I was thinking, ahm my pt's WBC was elevated which means infection so this was reason why his lymph was low. Coz infection was the problem and lymph are responsible for immune defense. Infection is not exactly a disease right so I was thinking there was really no need for lymph cells to do their thing. Am I right?

Quote from nursingstudent_2012Hi. Thank you for replying. Ahmm....it was actually a low lymph percentage. And his WBC was high. I was thinking, ahm my pt's WBC was elevated which means infection so this was reason why his lymph was low. Coz infection was the problem and lymph are responsible for immune defense. Infection is not exactly a disease right so I was thinking there was really no need for lymph cells to do their thing. Am I right?