blood tests

[joyce99]

im asking again ould oral cancer show up on a blood test

[Charlottie]

Yes it would, you haven't got it please believe your specialist.

[nomorepanic]

Read this ...

White blood cells (WBC)
The doctor counts the total number of white blood cells and works out how many different types of white blood cells the patient has. This is called the differential WBC count.

The number of white blood cells may go up and this may be because of a bacterial infection, bleeding or a burn. More rarely the cause of a raised white count is due to leukaemia, cancer or malaria.

A person may lose white blood cells because they have autoimmune problems - this is where the antibodies that should fight diseases attack the body instead. Other reasons for loss of white blood cells include viral infections.

More rarely, this can be a side effect of certain kinds of medication.
Doctors keep an eye on white blood cells to work out how a disease is changing. By monitoring the blood count in this way they can alter the patient's treatment as necessary.

So the answer is yes it would be detected

[joyce99]

thanks nicola since all my results were fine then i need to move on how do you no so much anyway do ulcers just throb all the time till healing takes place

[nomorepanic]

I googled that for you to reassure you.

You need to avoid all spicy food with ulcers and replied to your other post about over the counter remedies

[EmmaJane]

Hi,

Thanks for that Nic, you answered a question for me then aswell.
Hope your feeling better