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It has a lot to do with health anxiety after blood work showed anemia but I’m scared I have HIV. I haven’t had sex in 5 years and the risky sex was 10-15 years ago but the anemia has thrown me for a loop and I’m scared the HIV caused the anemia. My white count was really high and my platelets were elevated. I’ve read it would be opposite in HIV. I don’t have sores or bruising but I do and have had diarrhea and loose stools for years. I’ve always assumed irritable bowel. I’ve given blood recently ( 3 weeks ago) and 3 months before that and haven’t received anything from One Blood so I should be more reassured but I’m not. I know I should just get a test and find out and knock out the worry but does it should like it could be HIV. I’m really scared.
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pattino wendy33557
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So look into other conditions for your testing
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Wendy,
No reason to be scared and I would not jump to conclusions on this. Anemia can be caused by many things, including iron and vitamin deficiencies (folate and B-12) in the body. This is where I would start. Is it possible that your gastrointestinal issues are causing a vitamin deficiency? Seems logical to me.
An elevated white blood cell count isn't a specific disease, but it can indicate another problem, such as infection, stress, inflammation, trauma, allergy, or certain diseases.
This really does not sound like a HIV case and typically you would have been so sick a number of years ago that you would know by now (as pattino somewhat pointed out).
If you are seriously concerned about it, take a 4th gen antigen / antibody test from blood drawn from a vein. It is the newest and statistically the most accurate test.
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