As the title said. Wad do we need to eat if we wanted to increase the numbers of white cells.
Need this info bcuz my mum's white cells in her blood bcome lower bcuz of chemotheraphy treatment. The doctor advice her to take white eggs.
Any other ideas.

Thx

iirc there is no medication or foods which directly increase the production of white blood cells.

iirc some of the medications out there which are used to increase immune system activity can cause immune system disorders.

best ask the doctor treating her for advice or ask a nutritionist(most hospitals have a few) for advice, you dont want to give her something which on a normal person would work but for someone undergoing chemo/radio therapy may have an adverse effect.

This post has been edited by malaysianPotato: Aug 3 2006, 12:12 AM

I know there's a chinese medicine can helps ur mum illness.But i dont know how to translate it into english.
U can try to go to Chinese Herbs shop and ask gua..erm
the name for the medicine is what zao edi...sorry forgotten
but u can try and ask.
Its something like a pill but actually its from the extract of some cells from porcupine..u can try ask

White cells = white eggs??!

Sounds like a witch doctor who's never taken a proper course in nutrition. Just take some quality multivitamins and the body will synthesize the corpuscles. I doubt all the basic building blocks of white blood cells can be found in just one type of food like that quack doctor said.

Also, crush some raw garlic and down it with water to reduce the stinging taste. Raw garlic has the active stuff that kills a lot of the microbes that will become dangerous when the immune system is practically wiped out by chemo.

water down garlic?! first people water down beer, now garlic? whats next? onions?!

i like garlic