Cbc
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I was recently in the hospital for uedvt and pe. The cause was a picc line I had for 6 weeks receiving antibiotics for subacute osteomyelitis which occurred after stepping on a nail over a year ago. Three days before I was scheduled to complete antibiotic therapy and have the picc line removed I started having chest pains , shortness of breath and swelling of picc line arm. I was sent to the er, where they did an ultrasound and found a clot in my arm. I was immediately admitted to the hospital and started on heroin. While in the hospital the did a CT scan with contrast and found a clot in my lung along with a 1.2cm nodule. Upon my release from the hospital I was giving eliquis 5mg twice a day (after the initial dosage of 10 mg twice a day for 7 days).
That being said. I have been out of the hospital for 20 days now and my arm is still swollen and painful. Also I still have shortness of breath and chest pains. I had a cbc done today and my results make me nervous.
The one that make me nervous are:
Wbc of 21.5
Lymphs absolute of 3.15
Monocytes absolute of 1.64
Neutrophils absolute of 16.19
Lymphocytes% of 14.6
Neutrophilic segs of 75.2
All my other levels normal with some that are borderline high. But none of the other levels are low or even borderline low.
I was just kind of curious to see if I could find answers on here.
Sorry so long and Thank You.
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anitalou Smessner1975
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Hi... I'm glad you are still seeing your medical team about your ongoing symptoms! Both osteomyelitis and clots from PICC line (UEDVT) are serious stuff. The only concerning things I see in your cbc are the elevated WBC and neutrophils, which sound like an ongoing infection. Since you started with a known infection, and there's that lung nodule, which could be another infection, I'm sure that's what your team is checking on. Equilis is a "blood thinner" to prevent clotting problems, but can be associated with bleeding problems, too. Please ask your doc about possible side effects and what you should report to him/her.
And... you said "admitted to the hospital and started on heroin" that seems very unlikely!! Did you mean warfarin (another anti-clotting agent) as heroin is a street drug and quite illegal.
best wishes to you
Smessner1975 anitalou
Posted
I meant heparin. Wow that's a big auto correct mishap.
anitalou Smessner1975
Posted
Ok, that's a relief
(I turned off the auto-correct on my phone for texting due to "one too many" like that!)