Can having HTLV-1 and random bruises indicate I have Leukemia?
I had donated blood to the red cross and they sent me a letter saying they were rejecting it because I tested positive for HTLV-1, they provided a phone number for a counselor but instead of calling I went to my Dr. Prior to receiving that letter, for like 6 months I had been waking up every other week with random unexplained bruises on my legs, some were small and on one occassion I had one the size of a grape fruit on the back of my leg below my knee. My Dr ran a CBC which came back with normal levels but the HTLV-1 came back positive, he has referred me to a Neurologist and an Infectious Disease Specialist which I will be seeing next week. I didn't get any answers and frankly everything happened too fast I was afraid to ask anything to this Dr who seemed scared after seeing my results, he stepped out twice to phone the specialist during our check up. Looking back, not only have I been having unexplained bruising but since I was 12, I'm now 28 I have suffered from terrible leg pains, it is such a deep pain which I feel to the bone, this pain would keep me up at night in tears as a child but all the Dr we went to would just say it was normal, that it was growing pains and no tests would be done. I have continued to get these leg pains but not as often as I did when I was a child, I'm now terrified after researching HTLV-1 that I may have Leukemia. Anyone out there with Leukemia also diagnosed with HTLV-1???
- april
HTLV-1 stands for Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus. It is a retrovirus, in the same class of virus as the AIDS virus, HIV-1. HTLV-I is associated with a rare form of blood dsycrasia known as Adult T-cell Leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and a myelopathy, tropical spastic paresis. However, even with infection, fewer than 4% of seropositive persons will experience overt associated disease.
Leukemia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment of this blood-related cancer.
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