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My doc ordered blood test. my feet are swollen. itchign all over. she ordered htvl 1. what is that? is that cancer?

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are some...: Reserving this Q to ask your ordering doctor would be surest for your best interest since s/he can correlate its report better than anyone online. HTVL-1 is to suggest if you are infected with a kind of retrovirus, which is known to be associated with various diseases. For details, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_T-lymphotropic_virus_1. Then you can work better with the doctor....

Answered 3/25/2018

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