Dermatologist Wu Ji Ni mentioned in the “Health 2.0” program that there was a 48-year-old male patient who often had cold hands and feet, was prone to fatigue, and had unexplained bruises on his body. his white blood cell count was found to be higher than normal Diagnosed in the Hematology Department and found to have chronic myeloid leukemia. (Patient diagram / pixabay)
Dermatologist Wu Ji Ni mentioned in the “Health 2.0” program that there was a 48-year-old male patient who had no history of chronic disease. He often had cold hands and feet, was prone to fatigue, and had unexplained bruising on his After a blood test, it was found that his white blood cell count exceeded the normal value, he was referred to the Department of Hematology, and it was found that suffered from chronic myeloid leukemia.
In the programme, Wu Jini said that the 48-year-old male patient went to the doctor because of eczema. Her wife told her that her husband had had cold hands and feet for six months and was prone to fatigue. The patient also said that he accidentally came across it a few days ago and it was found that there was a large area of bleeding in his stomach. Wu Ji Ni felt something was wrong and immediately arranged for a blood test. It turned out that the man’s white blood cell count was nearly 30,000, which exceeded the normal value, and there were only 50,000 platelets left, while the normal value is more than 150,000.
After referral to the hematology department, the patient was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. Wu Jini said that leukemia is a cancer of the blood and the bone marrow consists of hematopoietic cells. Once taken up by cancer cells in the blood, he will not be able to produce blood. Also, the low platelet count will lead to the inability of blood to clot. Symptoms such as how bleeding gums, nosebleeds or large bruises will appear, especially neck and abdomen, if unexplained bruising should pay more attention.
Physician Liu Pengchi also explained that there are 3 common symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia: fever, bleeding and feeling tired. And most chronic myeloid leukemia is mainly tired. If the elders in the family have bruises, unexplained bleeding, or frequent colds, repeated fever, etc., you should also be careful if it is blood cancer.
In addition, he also mentioned that liver function problems will also affect the production of clotting factors in the liver. Clinically, some patients with long-term liver inflammation or viral hepatitis will cause the spleen to enlarge, resulting in cell entrapment and the number of platelets will decrease. If it falls, it will affect the blood clotting effect and make the patient easy to bruise. The doctors in the program also appealed to the public that if they have the above symptoms, they should seek diagnosis from a professional doctor as soon as possible, which is safer.
