Low numbers of neutrophils in Children’s Blood

Neutropenia is the general term for low numbers of neutrophils in the blood. White blood cells are the body's defense system that plays a role in protecting the body against microbial, viral, and infectious diseases. Blood cells increase or decrease depending on various factors in the human body, but AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to parents and a physician about Low numbers of neutrophils in the blood of children.