I have major back problems which produce very severe lower back pain. But I just have been diagnosed with anemia. A blood test showed low hematocrit and hemoglobin as well as elevated sed rates and elevated crp. I do also have psoriatic arthritis, so that has to be considered as a potential for the eleveated rates.
However, I am also tired a lot, itchy, have a much smaller appetite and have lost a little weight. I have chills all the time and in South Florida, I go out with 3 shirts, a hoodie and another jacket. Also, I have started to get nosebleeds, although they have been minor. And I get these weid feelings of a total body ache where my body is in pain and it feels like it comes from deep within me.
My Primary Doctor wanted me to have a colonoscopy to find out where the blood loss is coming from. I have no symptoms of colon cancer or ulcers which leaves the bone marrow as the most likely problem causing blood loss.
Does this sound in any way like leukemia? What else does it sound like?
Thanks!
Alan