Toby2000
13-02-15, 16:39
Hi,
I'm 14 years old, live in the UK and my family would call me quite a bad hypochondriac.
I have had a worry of having leukaemia for about 4-5 months now. Here are my symptoms:
- petechiae for about 4-5 months. If you don't know, it's bleeding under the skin. Mostly on the bottom half of both of my legs I have barley visible scattered tiny, tiny red dots. No way is it huge patches, just scattered dots like the size of pepper granules. This hasn't been properly diagnosed as petechiae, but it does look a lot like it based on what I've seen.
- Achey legs. Often at night (not that often actually, only about twice/three times a month I get an achy right leg. I have an achy right leg now and its 16:29, not night. I have a spot that feels bruised on my leg too, but there isn't any visible bruising. NOTE: I did do PE today and I am really unfit if that makes a difference. DIDN'T do much running.
- Headache. Last night I got a headache mostly on the right side of my head that felt like pressure. Really mild, never actually moderate. Before Christmas I did have a headache for 2 weeks that I think was a tension headache, because it went away as I stopped worrying about it.
- Frequent Urination. Not really sure this is a symptom, but it was diagnosed as anxiety.
- Tiredness. Okay, so a few days ago at school I got really, really tired. I blamed this on late nights, because I was going to sleep really late the past 4 nights. Haven't been tired since then.
I'm just kinda scared that I have leukaemia because obviously I am quite a bad hypochondriac and my mum won't take me to the doctors because I've been quite a few times in the recent past, so she thinks I'm a time waster.
QUESTIONS:
1. If it was leukemia, would I have been feeling ill by now since I've had the worry for 4-5 months?
2. Is leukemia a fast developing disease?
3. Why do you think/don't think that I have leukemia? I need reassurance please! :weep:
Thank you!
Toby.
I'm 14 years old, live in the UK and my family would call me quite a bad hypochondriac.
I have had a worry of having leukaemia for about 4-5 months now. Here are my symptoms:
- petechiae for about 4-5 months. If you don't know, it's bleeding under the skin. Mostly on the bottom half of both of my legs I have barley visible scattered tiny, tiny red dots. No way is it huge patches, just scattered dots like the size of pepper granules. This hasn't been properly diagnosed as petechiae, but it does look a lot like it based on what I've seen.
- Achey legs. Often at night (not that often actually, only about twice/three times a month I get an achy right leg. I have an achy right leg now and its 16:29, not night. I have a spot that feels bruised on my leg too, but there isn't any visible bruising. NOTE: I did do PE today and I am really unfit if that makes a difference. DIDN'T do much running.
- Headache. Last night I got a headache mostly on the right side of my head that felt like pressure. Really mild, never actually moderate. Before Christmas I did have a headache for 2 weeks that I think was a tension headache, because it went away as I stopped worrying about it.
- Frequent Urination. Not really sure this is a symptom, but it was diagnosed as anxiety.
- Tiredness. Okay, so a few days ago at school I got really, really tired. I blamed this on late nights, because I was going to sleep really late the past 4 nights. Haven't been tired since then.
I'm just kinda scared that I have leukaemia because obviously I am quite a bad hypochondriac and my mum won't take me to the doctors because I've been quite a few times in the recent past, so she thinks I'm a time waster.
QUESTIONS:
1. If it was leukemia, would I have been feeling ill by now since I've had the worry for 4-5 months?
2. Is leukemia a fast developing disease?
3. Why do you think/don't think that I have leukemia? I need reassurance please! :weep:
Thank you!
Toby.