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[Don333]

I am a 37 yrs old male. And for as long as i remember, i bruise easily, but i dont bruise for no reason.
When i bruise, but is will be for a certain bump or something. but never bruised for no reason.
i have no nose bleed, or pupura, slight gum bleeding at times when brushing (not always - but once in a while).

I was a smoker and quit smoking 23 days ago.



I have had depression for the last month, and as well i have quit smoking been almost a month now.
Did some blood tests today.

My RBC came out 5.6
Hemoglobin 17.1
Hematocrit 48
WBC 5.38
Platelets 100


The doc said is the platelets that cause the bruising, he asked for some more tests, as in ABG, LDH,PTT,BLEED TIME, abdomen echo, and CXR.
Bleed time 2 mins
The abdomenal echo (spleen normal , liver, kidney, pancreas...all normal) and chest x ray were good.

My Blood smear said the following:

RBC: Normocytic normochromic.

WBC: few atypical lymphocytes seen.

PLT: Thrombocytopenia with abnormal distribution.

Activated Partial Thromboplastin time 38 sec

Bleeding Time (Ivy) 2 mins

The doctor advised me to donate a unit of blood = 0.45 L blood.
And my high hemoglobin was due to my diet, and living in high altitudes and smoking (which i quit about month ago). at the age of 15, i had to dnate blood as i had a very high count of RBC.

He indicated that due to smoking that CO2 level is high in my blood, and yet it has been compensated by a certain base .

But needs to monitor the platelet level, at 100 is nothing to worry about but need to watch it.

Reading about platelets levels that they should be between 150 and 450...above 450 and below 70 are dangerous.

I asked the lab doc and my doctor, and my blood doctor since i read a lot about platelets, and LEUKIMEA came up! they said there is non.

should i worry about LEUKIMEA?

[orlaithballach]

It doesn't sound like any leukemia i've heard of. i have CML and have had for 3 years. typically you'll diagnose with a very high WBC. like in the 100s. it looks like atypical lymphocytes are usually a symptom of some kind of infection.

your low platelet count should probably kept track of, as there are things that cause that.

[Don333]

correction:

"The doctor advised me to donate a unit of blood = 0.45 L blood.
And my high hemoglobin was due to my diet, and living in high altitudes and smoking (which i quit about month ago). at the age of 15, i had to dnate blood as i had a very high count of RBC. "

removed at the hospital...was not a donation