What helps Agranulocytosis?
Last updated September 7, 2026.
**Agranulocytosis needs prompt medical care to treat its cause, manage infections, and help your white blood cells recover.** Your treatment depends on the cause and how low your infection-fighting white blood cells are. Your clinician may stop or replace a triggering medicine and prescribe treatment to increase white blood cell production. You may need antibiotics and hospital care if you develop an infection. Keep your blood test appointments, wash your hands regularly, and avoid close contact with sick people.
What to do
- **Act on infection symptoms:** Seek urgent medical care immediately if you have agranulocytosis and develop fever, chills, or a sore throat.
- **Review your medicines:** Ask your prescribing clinician promptly whether you need to stop or replace a medicine that could be causing your low count.
- **Keep blood test appointments:** Follow your clinician's testing schedule to track your white blood cell recovery.
- **Reduce germ exposure:** Wash your hands regularly and avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- **Prepare food safely:** Cook meat, shellfish, and eggs thoroughly and refrigerate perishable foods promptly.
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