Re: c reactive protein and lymphoma


<stryped@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> So CRP is not elevated in lymphoma?
>
> I will explain my situation:
>
> I am 33 and male. In December of 2003, I weighted about 210. I got a
> case of the flue and it knocked me in bed for about 5 days. After this
> was over, I started eating a low carbohydrate diet. I noticed about 2
> or three months after that that I developed a fever, got cold and had
> aches and chills just like the flu. It would come on suddenly and last
> about a day. The next day I would feel fine. This would happen every
> three to 4 months. I really just though my system was figting a bug or
> something.
>
> It happened again two weeks ago and I went to the doctor. They did a
> cbc tested me for hiv, rocky mountain spotted fever, epstein bar
> virus,cytomegalo virus. It all came back negative with the exception of
> my c reactive protein which was very high, it was 54 with 0 to 4 being
> normal. My percentage of lympochtes were a little low and my
> granuocytes were a little high. My white count was 9.8 which was in the
> normal range but I guess the high side of normal. This was on a
> Thursday. The following Monday (this past Monday) I saw an infectious
> disease doctor. I still had a fever when she checked me of 99.7. She
> took blood and did another crp and also checked for histoplasmosis. The
> crp was now normal at 1.1. (The hysto has not come back yet.)
>
> She immediately said because of my age she was worried about lympoma. I
> am scheduled for a gallium scan on Monday. The other thing that bothers
> me is I have been off that diet for sometime now and I still seem to be
> losing weight. I weighted 173 or so at my mom's today. To be fair I
> have not ate much this week because I am worried about all this but
> that is alot of weight.
>
> This is what the cbc looks like:
>
>
> Patient Limits 3
> Wbc 9.8 x10^3/uL 4.5-10.5
> LY 14.1 L % 20.5-51.1
> MO 2.7 3 % 1.7-9.3
> GR 83.2 3H % 42.2-75.2
> LY# 1.4 x10^3/UL 1.2-3.4
> MO# 0.3 3 x10^3/uL 0.1-0.6
> GR# 8.2 3H x10^3/uL 1.4-6.5
> RBC 4.78 x10^6/uL 4.0-6.0
> Hgb 14.1 g/dl 11.0-18.0
> Hct 42.1 % 35.0-60.0
> MCV 87.9 fl 80.0-99.9
> MCH 29.5 pg 27.0-31.0
> MCHC 33.5 g/dl 33.0-37.0
> RDW 13.7 % 11.6-13.7
> PLT 171 x10^3/uL 150-450
> MPV 7.9 fL 7.8-11.0
>
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>


I really dpon't see anything which suggests you have lymphoma


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