can you have a normal fbc with cancer

Hi,I have an 8-year-old and I'm very worried about him.

symptoms include headaches and nausea every day he has also had bruises rash under his skin

he's got a limp and a sore leg, and tummy pains this has been going on a good year. But more recently he's passing blood when going to the toilet plus these random temps.

Today we've ended up back at A n E due to 39.5 temp which has come on quite suddenly with breathlessness (its still 38 now with a headache not budged all day.)

one of the questions I asked was if he was anaemic can you have a normal fbc? he said no but since I've been home I've googled it says yes. Last week they did bloods due to the loss of blood when going to the toilet all come back normal.

But I can not shift this feeling that he has something sinister what further investigation should I ask for I'm worried sick.

 

  • Hi lyndsey7,

    I'm sorry to hear you're going through a worrying time at the moment. I can see you have also posted in the 'Ask the Nurses' section of this forum and have now received a reply from one of our nurses. There isn't too much more we can add to that. I hope you're able to find out more soon and to get any answers you need.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator