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Having Bruise And Petechiae, Cold And Pale Facial Appearance. Cause? Blood Hemogram?

Patient, male 4 years old, was admitted because of "some bruise and petechiae had been found for 3 month". The patient was quite well untill his mother found that this cruras appeared some petechiae and bruise without an inducement. About 1 week ago, the patient got a fever after "caught a cold" and then was found that the number of the petechiae incresed and the condition become more serious with pale facial appearance, inertial. Until the patient wwas admitted, no haematemesis and hematochezia was found. The stool and urinating was normal. Physical Examination: T:37.5 degree celsius, P:100/min R:26/min, the petechiae can be found in whole body. The lymphocytes is not palpable. The rest was normal.Blood Figure:WBC 2.2*10^9/LGr 0.123LY 0.847MO 0.030RBC 2.4*10^12/LHb 71g/LRet 0.1%Plt 25*10^9/L Can you explain why this boy have those symptoms and signs. And can you point out what is the main problem for this boy's blood hemogram?
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Hi,
This 4 year old child seems to have a decrease in all three blood cell types. His haemoglobin is low and so are his WBCs and platelets. This can occur due to some problems with the bone marrow.

He needs urgent evaluation. He will need am examination of the blood smear and possibly a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy as well.

Please ensure that these are done as early as possible.
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Having Bruise And Petechiae, Cold And Pale Facial Appearance. Cause? Blood Hemogram?

Hi, This 4 year old child seems to have a decrease in all three blood cell types. His haemoglobin is low and so are his WBCs and platelets. This can occur due to some problems with the bone marrow. He needs urgent evaluation. He will need am examination of the blood smear and possibly a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy as well. Please ensure that these are done as early as possible.