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I am a 25 year old female. in june, my lymphocytes wereat 3.6; now they are at 4.4. my neutrophils dropped from 4.1 to 2.8. i am under gi evaluation for abdominal pain and blood in stool. now, i have started getting night sweats, off/on low fever, and a b

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Dr. Alvin Lin answered

Blood in stool: Many reasons for what you're describing besides leukemia. Since you already have GI doc, make sure you tell him/her about blood in stool. I'd be more concerned about inflammatory bowel disease in a young female w/abdominal pain & blood in stool. Or perhaps an ulcer. Diverticulitis much less likely. Night sweats & low fever also concerning for tuberculosis among other issues. Bottomline, talk 2 doc.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Impossible to tell: With this information. It could be inflammatory bowel disease. I am not sure how to interpret 25f, is it 25, 000? Leukemia usually does not cause bloody stool or abdominal pain. Do you have other swollen glands? Let them finish the work up. Hang in there.

Answered 8/20/2013

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Fever , night sweats: Your signsvand symtptoms are worrisome. You obviously have to be rvaluated for a possible malignancy. A non hodgins lymphoma comes to mind. Good luck.

Answered 8/20/2013

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See hematologist: I know that the possible conditions can be scary- but in a young woman there are many possible causes of your symptoms. More commonly than leukemia would be an epstein barr viral infection which causes mono. However eval can be done quickly and easily by hematologist to clarify for you. There may be an association with the GI problems you are having. Good luck with your eval.

Answered 6/10/2014

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