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Suggest Treatment For High White Blood Cell Count
YES MY NAME IS JAMES AND 1 YEAR AGO MY INTERNAL MEDICINE DOCTOR PERFORMED A LOT OF DIFFERENT TEST ON ME BECAUSE MY BODY WAS MAKING IRON BUT IT COULDN'T STORE IT. SO THE DOCTOR TRIED EVERY TEST TO SEE WHERE IT WAS GOING AN OTHROSCOPY, TUBE DOWN MY THROAT AND ONE UP MY RECTUM, WITH NO AVAIL. TONS OF BLOOD SAMPLES SHOWING MY WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT HIGH, AND THE LAST TEST WAS A TEST TO CHECK MY CELLS FOR A NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER ARE PRONOUNCE, AND HE SAID IF IT WASN'T THAT THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING IT COULD BE IS BONE MARROW CANCER. HOWEVER , I WAS SENT TO DESERT ONOCOLOGY, AND AFTER 3 MONTHS AND 22 BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN AT ONE TIME THEY TOLD ME THAT I DIDN'T NEED THERE SERVICES ANYMORE, BUT EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING AGAIN I'M SO EXHAUSTED ANDI CAN'T STORE MY IRON, AND MY LEGS, JOINTS AND ARMS EVERY 3 MONTHS GET EXTREMELY BAD WHAT I CALL TICKLE CRAMPS, IF I STRECH AND TIGHTEN UP MY LEGS AND ARMS IT STOPS BUT AS SOON AS I RELAX IT COMES BACK BUT EVEN WORSE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE HAD EVER SINCE I WAS ATLEAST 7 YEARS OLD. DO YOU HAVE ANY OPIONS?
Wed, 20 May 2015
Hi I did review your concern.
i would advice you to get a bone marrow biopsy done. If that has already been done and it is normal, I would advice you to do a serum transferrin receptors study and serum iron and serum ferrittin levels to see whats wrong with iron metabolism in your body. About the high wbc there is treatment in form of hydroxyurea available that needs to be taken under medical supervision only, however one needs to know white cell counts and explore possible reasons behind it to know more about them
I hope this helps
Let me know if I can help you out with any problems
Wish you a healthy life ahead.
i would advice you to get a bone marrow biopsy done. If that has already been done and it is normal, I would advice you to do a serum transferrin receptors study and serum iron and serum ferrittin levels to see whats wrong with iron metabolism in your body. About the high wbc there is treatment in form of hydroxyurea available that needs to be taken under medical supervision only, however one needs to know white cell counts and explore possible reasons behind it to know more about them
I hope this helps
Let me know if I can help you out with any problems
Wish you a healthy life ahead.
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