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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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What Causes Low WBC Count When Diagnosed With Lymphoma?

Hi, Dr. Rynn, I m concerned about my father who lives in another state. He s 69 years old and has a history of non hotchkins lymphoma cancer, which he beat almost 30yrs ago. He went from being pretty healthy (with the exception of being told he has osteoporosis a couple years ago, to really deteriorating fast over the last 4 weeks. He has extreme debilitating pain in his low back & one side of his groin area. The other side of his groin is completely numb, he feels nothing. In the last 4 weeks he s also lost the ability to lift his left arm more than half way, he said he feels extreme pain and is unable to lift it, he s also lost 16 lbs in just 4 weeks. He had some blood work done and his white blood cell count dropped drastically and the doctor ordered more blood test, but the entire process is moving so slowly I m really concerned. I feel like someone should have ordered an MRI by now, he has excellent insurance. What would you suggest he do?
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Pain in lower back and one side of groin area along with numbness in other side of groin could be due to compression of nerve roots. I suggest you to get MRI of spine to know the exact cause of symptoms.

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What Causes Low WBC Count When Diagnosed With Lymphoma?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Pain in lower back and one side of groin area along with numbness in other side of groin could be due to compression of nerve roots. I suggest you to get MRI of spine to know the exact cause of symptoms. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.