Question 1

could the disease leukopenia lead to leukemia?

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Possibly: There are a lot of reasons for leukopenia. Usually isolated low white cells is not a sign of leukemia if the red blood cells and the platelets also found in blood are fine. Leukopenia develops in leukemia because all the bone marrow cells that eventually end  up in the blood stream are crowded out by leukemia cells.

Question 2

what are  the differences between leukemia and leukopenia?

Accepted Answer

High vs. low: Leukemia is a malignancy of the white blood cells, sometimes leading to excessive amounts of these cells in circulation.

Leukopenia is a deficiency or low WBC count.

Sometimes leukemia can present or lead to low WBC counts, but often leukemia is associated with a high WBC count.

Question 3

is leukopenia the symptom of bone marrow cancers like leukemia?

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Sometimes: Leukopenia (low white blood cell count) can be a symptom of bone marrow cancers like leukemia or myelodysplasia.  There are many other less serious reasons to have low white blood cells too.

Question 4

does wilson's disease lead to leukemia?

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No: Wilson disease is the genetic disorder cause abnormal cooper metabolism. It usually cause liver and central nervous system abnormality. There is no evidence that wilson disease can cause leukemia or the incidence of leukemia is high in children with wilson disease.

Question 5

how does wilson's disease eventually lead to leukemia?

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Rare: There is an increases risk for hepatocellular (liver) carcinoma.  I am not aware of an increased leukemia risk.  Copper deficiency can cause a myriad of hematologic manifestations.  There have been case reports of patients with wilson's disease developing leukemia, but the thought was that they were unrelated.  Hope this helps.

Question 6

how often does radiation for one cancer lead to later leukemia?

Accepted Answer

Infrequant: It is possible to develop cancers ( sarcomas , leukemia s etc) years after radiation therapy in very  few.  This should not be an objection for refusing radiation, the benefits out weight the future complications.The current advanced techniques are minimizing this untoward effect every day.

Question 7

need doctor's help! could lupus lead to leukemia?

Accepted Answer

Maybe: There is an increased risk of cancer if you have sle.  This is especially true for lymphoma.

Question 8

could having leukopenia lead to hodgkin disease or any other type of cancers?

Accepted Answer

YES: Leukopenia means low white cell count. It can be associated with various things, which can include: infection (eg., cold/ flu, typhoid, hiv, aids, malaria, tuberculosis, etc),  aplastic anemia, cancer (eg, hogkin's lymphoma, leukemia, myelofibrosis, etc.), metabolic deficiencies (eg, copper, zinc and folate (folic acid) deficiencies), or treatment-related (eg, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc).

Question 9

does vitamin d deficiency lead to leukopenia on your blood test?

Accepted Answer

No: Vitamin d defiency has not been among the long list of causes of leukopenia.

Question 10

i have a normal wbc & rbc but i hav a high lymphocytes low neutrophils high platelate am i lead  to have a leukemia?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: High and low all relative. Is this percentage? What is total wbc? How high are platelets? Without numbers hard to say much more.

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