not sure

for 6 months I have been experiencing tingling in my hands, face, and even feet.  I also had wide spread shooting pain down my body then afterwards muscle aches at certain areas.  a couple of months ago I had this heavy feeling in my head for a week then went away.  My doctor has tested me three times and my wbc seems to stay around 11.8.  she could not find any indication of infection or inflammation.  Now she wants me tested for cml should I be worried.  Do my symptoms match.  I am a 26 year old female and symptoms are not as bad as when they started last june.

[Dennis MD]

Hi.
By your description of your symptoms, it seems that you are having neuropathy/neuropathic pain.  The cause of which should be investigated as there are many possible conditions that could present as such.
What is your peripheral blood smear result?
Most of the time, patients with CML would have an enlarged spleen, with markedly elevated white blood cell count.

[cassey08]

what do you mean by markedly elevated white blood cell count?

[Dennis MD]

Hi.
There is really no clear cut-off for markedly elevated white blood cell count.  It could be more than 30 or 40.  However, the laboratory results should always be correlated with the clinical picture.