In one vividly described case from the 1920s, an otherwise healthy 40-year-old woman came down with a mysterious fever. Some people don't see a doctor until it's too late.īasically, agranulocytosis is a catastrophic crash in a person's immune system, which can turn a zit, a scratch, or even the bacteria that normally live in and around your body into a life-threatening infection.
Some people have it, don't know it, and get better without seeing a doctor. Some people get skin infections, sores in their mouth or anus, or just a fever.
A granulocytosis can kill you, but its symptoms are frustratingly broad.
