What test is taken to diagnose Leukemia?
January 12th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Just a little worried and I want to be safe. My wife fainted and she has a white blood cell count of 17 and she is away from home and has been in the hospital for the past 5 hours. They did a blood test and CT scan and they said that everything is fine.
So should we do a checkup soon to make sure the doctors don’t miss anything? Can they catch Leukemia through a CT scan or through a blood test? Or is the test needed a specialized one?
Thanks for your answers.
By: Dom
Tags: Leukemia, Specialized, White Blood Cell Count
January 13th, 2009 at 00:10
leukaemia is detected through a blood test, the ct scan can tell if it is bad once it is diagnosed.
go see your local doctor in a week for a follow up blood test
January 14th, 2009 at 00:52
Yeh Lukemia is caught through a blood test. it the tests are clear. No need to worry at all.
January 14th, 2009 at 16:35
any blood test will do the job
January 15th, 2009 at 12:30
Leukemia is normally detected through a blood test and the extent of the disease is later determined by taking several bone marrow samples.Are you sure you have your wife’s white blood count correct the normal range in a healthy person is between 4000 and 1100 a white count of 17 would be quite serious as it would mean that the immune system was very low and she would certainly need medical intervention ,It may be that the doctor meant 1700 which would be a slightly high reading but nothing to worry about as a very slight infection ,a cold, or a touch of flu, would account for this.
January 17th, 2009 at 08:48
ohhhh, definately,, if she had it, it would have showed on a blood test
my aunty has leaukemia so i get paranoid too when i feel tired
the last test i had i asked the dr if i could have L too, and he said, “”the blood test would definately have showed it up”"
so according to my dr ur wife is fine, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
January 17th, 2009 at 14:45
Leukemia specialist MD answer
A WBC of “17″ means 17,000 which is high but not an immediate cause for alarm. Any stress can make the white count jump to 17,000.
It all depends on what type of white cells are seen in the peripheral blood smear. We can diagnose leukemia by simply looking at a blood smear under a microscope at 100 power.
These days most doctors rely on the automated white cell counters.
If the proportion of different white cells is normal on the routine CBC, she does not have leukemia.
The definitive test to make a leukemia diagnosis is one bone marrow aspiration to examine under a microscope. This is not necessary if the peripheral blood looks OK.