Kindly advise whether the blood report shows blood cancer or not.

Question

Hello doctor,

I have my wife's blood test report. We fear that she might have blood cancer. For the last four months, she is having joint pain, sudden breath difficulty, hand pain, and chest pain. Kindly help.

Answer 1

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As per the report, the only apparent problem is that she has mild anemia, microcytic hypochromic (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Usually common in young females. Otherwise, platelets and white blood cells are normal. Does she have any other symptoms, like fever or bleeding? Also, why are you thinking of cancer? To be sure, you can repeat complete blood counts with a peripheral smear. If needed, serum iron studies can be done to confirm iron deficiency anemia.

I hope that this answers your query.

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Thank you.

Answer 2

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I would advise you to do a peripheral smear. These are automated counter reports and not reliable for the morphology of cells. A peripheral smear would help to see whether there are any actual immature cells.

I hope that this answers your query.

Kindly follow up if you have more doubts.

Thank you.