Recent blood test

[Mijoed]

Had new elevated para proteins and, subsequently, a detailed urine analysis. Consultant wants to rule out amyloidosis. I googled it and it doesn’t sound good. Hopefully just a false alarm. Is this a progression of CLL?

Mike

[lankisterguy Volunteer]

Hi Mijoed,

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I'm sorry you having some strange test results, fortunately it sounds like you have an engaged medical team that is stepping through a differential diagnosis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffe...

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It is common that in doing a differential diagnosis, the more serious and life threatening conditions are tested and eliminated early in the process. Lets hope that condition is eliminated soon.

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To your other question- is this a progression of CLL, I believe the CLL expert doctors would say it is not a directly caused by CLL progression.

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However CLL does disturb our immune system and many patients can see one or more of many autoimmune complications. There are 60 to 100 autoimmune conditions. See:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...

webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/aut...

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Len

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