On 9/27/2007 notgivingup wrote:
Hi there, my mother was diagnosed about two years ago with myelofibrosis. Since then it seems that is has been one thing after another. My mom has diarea all the time and now has diabetes can anyone tell me if this is related and if you know of anyone with these symtoms. Also I have read that this disease is caused by benzene I know that this is in bleach therefore I was wondering if anyone that has this used alot of bleach to clean with. I can't think of anything else that could have caused this as my mom was a bleach user for many years. I hope this reaches the right message board.
Benzene is one cause but the truth is that no one really knows for sure what causes it and it can be very hard to pinpoint. It is very possible that benzene didn't play any role in the development.
As for the symptoms, I do recall my mother saying she developed chronic diarrhea after she was diagnosed. I'm unaware of any correlation to diabetes though.