I just had taken general blood test, I got the results. Lymphocytes absolute count shows 3.16 and reference range was shown as 1.0- 3.0. It was written high also. What does lymphocytes absolute count mean? What could be reason for increase in number? What are all the necessary steps to be taken to diagnose.

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