Recurring illnesses

[manyquestions288]

My 19 yr. old daughter has been suffering from recurring illnesses, night sweats, fatigue, anxiety, depression for the past 2 years.  The symptoms tend to be aggravated with her menstrual cycle.  We lost her older sister to AML 3 years ago at age 21 after an 18 month battle.  The 19 yr old's  recent CBC's were all close to abnormal (WBC 10.7, Platelets 150, etc...) The neutraphils were high (71% vs. 67%) and  lymphocytes were low ( 14.5% vs. 15%).  Should we be concerned about MDS?  We have been going to dr. after dr. but all just indicate she is okay.  She is not normal--gained 60#s in past 2 years.  Her sister gained 30#'s in 10 weeks when she first began her battle against AML.  

[riley180]

Hi.
i'm very sorry for your loss and i understand where the anxiety is coming from. i hope this helps.
MDS tends to produce reductions of blood components in general . The estimates on  CBC though are difficult to interpret when they are borderline - which is what you have indicated in your post.  What would be more important  is to look if there are abnormal  components in the blood - particularly blasts. The WBC population is  categorized into segmenters/  polymorphonuclears/ granulocytes/ monocytes/ lymphocytes/ basophils/  eosinophils and blasts.
Try t o stay positive.

[riley180]

Hi.
I'm very sorry for your loss and I understand where the anxiety is coming from. I hope this would help.
MDS tends to produce reductions of blood components in general. The estimates on CBC though are difficult to interpret when they are borderline - which is what you have indicated in your post. What would be more important is to look if there are abnormal components in the blood - particularly blasts. The WBC population is broken down into Segmenters/Polymorphonuclear/Granulocytes/ Basophils /eosinophils /lymphocytes/ monocytes and blasts.
Try to stay positive.