Hi all, I am a 30 year old female who has not been feeling well for about a year. It all came to a head about 2 months ago when I noticed blood/mucous in my stools, and was referred to a GI specialist, who promptly performed a abdominal CT (all organs normal except small bowel mesentery lymphaditis), colonscopy/upper endoscopy & Upper GI w/small bowel follow-through on me, as well as various IBD and CBC blood panels. I am also newly lactose intolerant. I was just diagnosed w/Ulcerative Colitis, but I am concerned that something else is going on here. I am worried that I might have leukemia; I experienced terrible night sweats about 3 years ago, (Dr. said not a concern) and most recently, I have noticed small, red petechiae on my belly and upper inner arms, easy bruising (although my platlet count is 364). I also have unexplainable headaches, and dizziness, often after eating and just general tiredness, and can sweat alot. I also have pretty bad joint pain, especially in my left shoulder and left knee, but who knows it could be from the colitis. Here are #'s from a recent CBC; can anyone tell me if I should be worried and if I should push to see a hematologist & get a bone marrow biopsy? Could I just be feeling lousy from the Colitis? Wold my WBC be higher if I had all these symptoms of leukemia? Thanks.
WBC-10.3 Range 4.5-10.5
LY-19.8 (L) Range 20.5-51.1
MO 4.4 Range 1.7-9.3
GR 75.8 (H) Range 42.2-75.2
LY# 2.0 Range 1.2-3.4
MO# 0.5 Range 0.1-0.6
GR# 7.8 (H) Range 1.4-6.5
RBC 4.98 Range 4.00-6.00
HGB 15.7 Range 11.0-18.0
HCT 44.2 Range 35.0-60.0
MCV 88.7 Range 80.0-99.0
MCHC 35.5 Range 33-37
RDW 11.9 Range 11.6-13.7
Plt 364 Range 150-450
MPV 7.3 (L) 7.8-11.0