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re: Anyone on here ever been diagnosed with leukemia?
Posted on 10/13/20 at 7:53 pm to LSUTigerDoc
Posted on 10/13/20 at 7:53 pm to LSUTigerDoc
The problem that got me to talking to a hematologist today was low platelets, they got below 10. I developed huge bruises. White blood cell count was around normal though. He did mention evidence of blasts.
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Posted on 10/13/20 at 7:57 pm to Hornet Swarm
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The problem that got me to talking to a hematologist today was low platelets, they got below 10. I developed huge bruises. White blood cell count was around normal though. He did mention evidence of blasts.
That would be a relatively unusual presentation of leukemia as the only abnormality of your CBC (complete blood count). The most likely cause of platelets less than ten is either pseudothrombocytopenia (an abnormality caused by the platelets clumping when collected in the collection tube) or, most likely, ITP (immune thrombocytopenic purpura), an autoimmune disease characterized by the body inappropriately recognizing platelets as foreign and destroying them.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 8:32 pm to Hornet Swarm
Do you live in Louisiana?
Posted on 10/13/20 at 8:57 pm to Hornet Swarm
Hornet: I misread your previous post. Did you say your hematologist did or did not mention the presence of blasts in the peripheral blood?
Posted on 10/13/20 at 9:30 pm to Hornet Swarm
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The problem that got me to talking to a hematologist today was low platelets, they got below 10. I developed huge bruises. White blood cell count was around normal though. He did mention evidence of blasts.
Have your immunoglobulin levels checked (IGg IGa IGM)
I had a bout with low platelets (ITP) and went years not being diagnosed with an immune deficiency.
Same thing, was tested for everything, leukemia, HIV and they never could figure out the cause. I was finally diagnosed 7 years later with an immune deficiency after almost dying from pneumonia. Looking back, doctors determined my ITP was related to my immune deficiency.
This post was edited on 10/13/20 at 9:31 pm
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