Dr. Alan Weitberg

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Without additional information, it is difficult to definitively make a diagnosis.

Although lung cancer can occur in young people, it would be unlikely and even less likely in a non- smoker. The type of pain you describe sounds more musculoskeletal in nature, perhaps related to exercise, lifting, etc.

Hematology is the study of the blood, blood-forming organs and diseases of the blood including benign and malignant conditions as well as abnormalities of the clotting system. Hematologist are specially trained to examine the blood and bone marrow and treat both benign conditions such as anemia (reduced red blood cells) and malignant conditions such as leukemia (abnormal white cell count).

  

Easy bruisability can be caused by a number of factors including vascular abnormalities, hematologic abnormalities and other systemic/ clotting problems.

The red blood cells in people with hereditary spherocytosis are sphere-shaped rather than the disk shape of a normal red blood cell.

Lymphoma generally affects people older than you are, but there are many types of lymphoma.

Needle biopsy will only reveal tumor cells within the prostate gland.

Iron deficiency anemia (low blood count ) is most commonly due to bleeding.

I agree that it is unlikely that dong quai can cause breast cancer, but term studies in humans have not been done.