I'm looking at my blood test results and noticed my lymphocytes absolute count is 3.13, whereas the reference range is between 1.0 and 3.0. I'm a bit concerned and curious about what lymphocytes are and why my count might be higher than the reference range. Could you guide me on what steps I should take next to understand this better?

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