Eventhesparrows
20-12-17, 02:41
So the spleen filters the blood and destroys abnormal blood cells or cells that shouldn't be there - it removes them from the blood stream.
I was on antibiotics for 4 days - last Saturday through Tuesday. I lost my appetite and had diarrhea (I always get diarrhea when on antibiotics, no matter which kind) - but the appetite loss was new.
On Thursday, two days after stopping the antibiotics, I had a doctors appointment and he felt my abdomen because I felt like the upper left side was swollen. He said he didn't feel an enlarged spleen. I was also feeling run down, so he ordered routine blood work - liver and kidney function and CBC blood tests. Everything came back normal.
I'm worried now, because I still have no appetite, or when I do, I get full very quickly. It also feels like I'm swollen or like a constant bloating feeling on my left side into my back. I know those are both symptoms of a swollen spleen. Maybe he didn't feel in the correct area? Also, because I was on antibiotics 2 days before having the blood work, what if the antibiotics lowered my white cell count to a "normal" level, when really they're high? I know antibiotics can lower your white blood cell count.
And if I do have a swollen spleen, that means the cells were removed from the blood stream, and are being harbored in the spleen....so they wouldn't show up on blood work?
I'm just scared I have leukemia and because of the factors listed above, it didn't show on a blood test or physical exam.
I was on antibiotics for 4 days - last Saturday through Tuesday. I lost my appetite and had diarrhea (I always get diarrhea when on antibiotics, no matter which kind) - but the appetite loss was new.
On Thursday, two days after stopping the antibiotics, I had a doctors appointment and he felt my abdomen because I felt like the upper left side was swollen. He said he didn't feel an enlarged spleen. I was also feeling run down, so he ordered routine blood work - liver and kidney function and CBC blood tests. Everything came back normal.
I'm worried now, because I still have no appetite, or when I do, I get full very quickly. It also feels like I'm swollen or like a constant bloating feeling on my left side into my back. I know those are both symptoms of a swollen spleen. Maybe he didn't feel in the correct area? Also, because I was on antibiotics 2 days before having the blood work, what if the antibiotics lowered my white cell count to a "normal" level, when really they're high? I know antibiotics can lower your white blood cell count.
And if I do have a swollen spleen, that means the cells were removed from the blood stream, and are being harbored in the spleen....so they wouldn't show up on blood work?
I'm just scared I have leukemia and because of the factors listed above, it didn't show on a blood test or physical exam.