New member am i in the right place ?

[pet-lamb]

Hello please bear with me a moment .

I'm new to this board but also belong to the thyroid hashimotos board and osteoarthritis .

My latest problem is this and I'm not sure if this is the board i need to be on ,i don't want to waste anyone's time .

I haven't been well more so lately Blood test have shown the following. Sorry i don't mean to shout im just copying of my results.

ON GOING MILD LYMPHOCTOISIS.

MAINLY SMALL MATURE FORMS WITH OCCASIONAL SMEAR CELLS.

HOWEVER THERE IS SOME PLEOMORPHISM AND OCCASIONAL REACTIVE FORMS.

THE MORPHOLOGY IS INDETERMINATE BETWEEN A REACTIVE LYMPHOCTOISIS AND AN EARLY LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE.

CONSIDER CHRONIC INFECTIVE OR INFLAMMATORY STATES ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHOCYTOSIS.

I'VE SEEN MY DOCTOR AND BEEN EXAMINED IM TO HAVE REPEAT FULL BLOOD COUNT CHECK IN 6 months.

Can anyone she'd any light on this diagnosis please .

[Jm954 Administrator]

Hi pet-lamb, don't worry, you are in the right place.

The comments on the report are telling the Dr to repeat the test in 6 months so that they can see what changes have occurred in your blood since this test.

If it's a reactive process caused by an illness, inflammation or infection, then it should have resolved by then and your blood test will have returned to normal and the abnormal lymphocyte features will have disappeared.

If the features still persist then this may be due to a lymphoproliferative disease of a type yet to be determined. If that is the case then further blood tests and another look at the morphology will be needed to find out what type of lymphoid cells they are and if it's a malignancy.

I hope it's nothing pet-lamb and we don't hear from you again but if you need us, we are here for you.

Best wishes

Jackie

[pet-lamb in reply to Jm954]

Thank you Jm954 it's good to know I found the right site and yes hopefully I won't need it (don't mean that in a bad way,) I'm grateful for your help and the reply.

[Newdawn Administrator]

Hi pet-lamb,

Essentially this report is saying ‘they don’t quite know yet’. CLL is a cancer of the B lymphocytes and presents with elevated rates of lymphocyte called lymphocytosis. However, lymphocytosis can also be a normal response to a self limiting infection which will settle in time especially in people with other inflammatory conditions as you have. The difference is decided usually by a flow cytometry test which throws up different types of cells and presentation (in very simplistic terms).

Thankfully you don’t need this site at the moment and it’s hoped that when the tests are repeated in 6 months, that the lymphocytosis has subsided and no malignancy is detected.

However, should you need our advice and support, please feel free to post at any time and you’ll find the community will rally round.

Best wishes,

Newdawn

[pet-lamb in reply to Newdawn]

Thank you newdawn at the moment I'm just thinking it's probably some sort of flare or something to do with the arthritis or the nodules or syst on my thyroid .the doctors have taken two blood tests over the last month both the same and have apparently been aware of slightly raised white blood count for a while these latest ones showed a deterioration . Let's hope it just goes away .