my symptoms are, and noted beggining about a year ago, disapearing and reapearing regulary but not serious, but recently symptoms have returned elevated and much more serious then past experiences, symptoms include…
bleeding gums, paleness, red dots on skin that are itchy, patchy red palms,, white fingernails under nail, yellowing at tip of fingures, fatigue, joint pain. wrestlessness, trouble waking up. (sleep long hours) sometimes bed at 8pm and up at 4-6pm the next day. and swallen lymph nodes in my lower neck and under my jaw…. (SINCE THIS NIGHT I HAVE DEVELOPED BUMPS UNDER MY LEFT ARMPIT AND CHEST PAIN) I also am beggining to feel ill, feels like the flu, but rather strange as my headache will go and come back in a different area…
Here is my doctors summary from saturday night. when i attended the emergancy dept…
(Jaime Waters presented to Box Hill hospital Emergancy Department on 07 Aug 2010 at 15:40
ED Diagnosis: Bleeding disorder for investagation
History of presenting Complaint: 20 y.o male presented with 2 month histroy of bleeding gum and joint pain with no significant background histroy.
Patient first noticed gum bleeding at least 3 or more months ago after brushing, since then bleeding has become more consistant, bleeding lasting now upto 10 minuts after brushing. also noticed incease of joint pain mainly on MCP joint and knee joints over this period of time.
Bleeding has worsened over the past 5 days and become consistant in the past 2 days. patient now also complains of lethargy and weakness in this time frame.
smoker since 14
heavy drinker; usually 2-4 bottles a week.
Last alcohol yesterday 1/2 bottle bourben.
No family history of bleeding disorder, auto immune disease or leukemia.
Resting tremor noted, no heptic flap, no obvious brusing/petechae
No sign of chronic liver disease
No conjuctiva pallor, no scleral jaundice
chest clear
abdo soft tender, no oragomegaly
Oral examination – no active gum bleeding, no obvious gingervitis, tonsil not enlarged.
tender submental lymph node bilaterally R>L
Palpable R cervical lymph nodes
Thyroid not enlarged
stiffness of mcp joint both hands no tenderness on palpation and movement
Managment: FBE/U+E/Coags/LFT/CRP
may need medical refferal for bleeding disorder
Results/outcome: Neutrophilia and increase WCC
Normal LFT and Coagulation profile hb166
Refferals and followup: Need LMO follow up for investagation of autoimmune disease and thrombolic screening,
patient wil need new LMO for follow up and observation of progression.)
in this letter not all my symptoms are noted. but i hav put as much as i can think of before i added this letter, also the doctor told me im developing a little bit of anemia but was nothing to be concerned about at this time and that i needed to be observed over the next few weeks for a diagnosis of whats happening. and refferd me to a GP.
can anyone offer me advice?
since seeing the doctor my under left armpit has become sore and stiff, my left hip bone upper left beg bone has began to ache with worsening bleeding of gums. and consistant taste of blood in mouth. im very confused and worried about whats goin on… advice?
