why would absolute neutrophils be elevated?
Neutrophils are one type of white blood cell and are actually the most common making up between 50 and 70% of them. The ANC (absolute neutrophil count) is the blood test result indicating the amount of neutrophils. Most of the time this number is shown as neutrophils per cubic millimeter of blood. These are one of the first immune cells to arrive at an inflamed or injured area and high neutrophils may be due to medical conditions like infection or stress.