the most common form of neutropenia in infants and young children is transient neutropenia with or following a viral illness. it resolves itself within 2 weeks. if it lasts longer than that or the child is very ill then a full workup for neutropenia would be recommended. in infants aged 2 weeks to 1 year the lower limit of the normal neutrophil count is 1000/l. after the first year of life the lower limit is 1500/l as in adults. spontaneous recovery in such cases occurs by age 5 years and the mean duration of neutropenia is approximately 20 months. the clinical severity and frequency of infections rather than the severity of neutropenia would be used to determine the further management of the condition. hence you should continue to work with the treating doctors for appropriate medical advice. i hope this helps.
to whom it may concern: my son is 3 months old and he is on breastfeeding. in his blood analysis which was done in 30 january 2017 number of neutrophils was 0. 7/nl. after that we repeated blood test on 7 march 2017 and number of neutrophils was 1. 27/nl because of that result we did test again in 14 march 2017 and number was 0. 9<negative_smiley>nl. no other symptoms are revealed however according to pediatrician we did following tests: iga igm igg hiv b12 and copper in blood. currently we have only hiv result and it is negative. please tell me: is it possible in infants to have low number of neutrophils without any obvious reason and can it increase without any additional treatment and in what period of time? thank you in advance.