Hematology
Monocytes
The share of your white cells that clear debris and dead tissue, and present what they find to the rest of the immune system.
Unit %Typical adult range 2–10 %
What it is
The share of your white cells that clear debris and dead tissue, and present what they find to the rest of the immune system.
Why it matters
They arrive late, so a mild rise is a common and unremarkable finding during recovery from an infection.
Reading the number
A percentage, and a small one, so it swings on rounding alone. Read the direction across several counts rather than any single value.
What moves it
recovery from infectionchronic inflammationstress
Read alongside
When to raise it
Worth mentioning a persistent rise with no illness to explain it.
Also known as
On a report in another language.
A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under Monocytes.
MonócitosMonotsüüdidMonozytenMonocitos
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