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10. Medications

Infections and diseases can cause a low white blood cell count, but like chemotherapy, sometimes treatments are to blame. Antibiotics can lead to reduced numbers of white blood cells for a similar reason as cancer treatments: they inadvertently destroy healthy cells while fending off foreign bodies. Luckily, in most cases where medication is the cause of low white blood cell count, levels return to normal once the person has completed their course.

Causes of Low White Blood Cell Count

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