Bruises, then feeling sick?

[Revar]

I went to the walk in clinic the other day for bruising I've had for a couple months (it's got worse) and heavy bleeding.. he said he couldn't do anything and scared me with how I could have blood diseases or leukemia.. well I went over to the ER cause I was just freaked out and wanted to know what was going on. He did a full blood count with diff, liver test, tested to see if I was low on vitamins, he came back and said everything was perfect. (His words) well that night I went home and my whole body started to ache, and I got a low fever that only lasted a few hours until I took meds and then it never came back. Well since then I just haven't felt well, I feel really sick when I eat, my cheeks get flushed, I get random pains through out my body and I have been going to the bathroom like crazy. I have a severe severe hypochondriac, I have severe anxiety and panic attacks. Could this all be from stress of worrying I may have cancer still? Or maybe I picked up a bug? I just need some sort of answer. I see my OBGYN Monday for the bleeding. I just feel like maybe it's not leukemia, it may be lymphoma, or any other cancer. I feel like I'm going crazy.

[Ken_PA]

Well, since you haven't replied as to the flushing and other questions, I unfortunately can't speculate any further. I would suggest that you take it up with your doctor, except that they're possibly not familiar with rare conditions.

Good luck with your appointment tomorrow.

[Ken_PA]

Hi, the good news for you is that the bleeding/bruising is not from a blood cancer. We can know that because your blood test called a CBC did not show low platelets. The way that lymphoma or leukemia causes bleeding/bruising is by first causing low platelets.

Another cause would be if your liver is not correctly making "coagulation factors", but your liver function tests were good. Next would be nutritional deficiencies, but those tests were good.

So then, why were you bleeding/bruising? This could take a while to diagnose, because you are not average. Did you have a INR to test how thin your blood is?

Do you flush a lot throughout life? Immune cells called "mast cells" can cause flushing, and also cause thin blood. Can you draw a line on your sternum with a fingernail?

[Revar]

No I didn't have that test.. all he said some people are just prone to bruise easy.