re: Anyone on here ever been diagnosed with leukemia?

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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.

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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.