Blood tests/Hematology - confused.?

Question

I have have extensive blood tests and am still unwell.

6 weeks ago - tests were Thyroid, Liver Function, Kidney Function, Glandular Fever test, Full Blood Count, Blood Cultures.

2 weeks ago - tests were Complete Blood Count, Liver function, kidney function, rheumatic fever, glandular fever, diabetes, thyroid and blood cultures. Also Chest X-Ray. (due to tachycardia)

1 day ago - Full Blood Count and Thyroid.
Results have all been normal! Yet I am unwell. I still have a cough and runny nose yet my white cells were perfect. I am experiencing thinning of the skin/transparency, varicose looking veins in mouth and feet, fungal infection in my toenails and toe, muscle pains, twitching, blood shot eyes,Tachycardia and pallor. I am experiencing excessive wind (burping all day), struggling to eat. Tried to eat and choked on my food due to throat irritation.

If there was something really bad wrong, would it show in the above tests?

What do all above tests check for?

Answer 1

You went to the Doc feeling UNWELL and he has run a series of blood tests to rule in or out certain problems. The Blood is the window to the body. If I peeped in your living room window, I would be able to state the person that lives here is tidy, untidy, good eye for color, bad eye for color, and so on. That is what the blood reveals, only it will show if you are physically ill or not. You might have a bad case of fungal skin infection, but the anxiety and worry is producing the rest of your symptoms.

Answer 2

The first impression I got was Strep throat, but
that doesn't cover all your symptoms. When
they did the White cell count, did they do
a differential? You could have a normal white cell counts, but this differential will tell the levels of the different kinds of white cells in your body. This will tell them more of what may be wrong. Another thought I had was heartburn or gastritis, as many symptoms that appear when people think they have a heart problem, also appear when they have a digestive problem. The excess stomach acid can work it way back up into the esophagus and cause throat,
esophagus,sinus, and even causing tachy symptoms. It can also cause breathing problems. This is especially true at night when you are lying down and sleeping. Elevating the head of the bed and not eatting before you go to bed can help with this. Doctors have medication for this. A couple of these are
Prilosec and Proventil and other Proton
pump inhibitors. I would check with your
doctor and see which he would recommend,
if this is your problem, as he knows all of
what your medical history is and what drugs
you are taking that may interact with them.
You seem to have symptoms stated here that
appear unrelated, so you may have more
than one thing wrong.

I hope this is of some help to you and I hope
you do find out what exactly is wrong and
can be treated for it.

Here is a site that might help you understand
your symptoms more:
http://health.allrefer.com/health/symptoms.html

If you want to know about your labs tests, just
type the lab test here and it will explain what
is done with each one and why and what the
results may mean:
http://www.labtestsonline.org/

Answer 3

Thyroid tests check for thyroid function. Same for liver & kidney. The "blood count" is a CBC and reveals if the various blood cells are present within a normal range. Blood cultures look for a specific infectious organism in the blood. Glandular fever tests for mono. Asessment for rheumatic fever and diabetes is just that. Chest X-ray for abnormalities in the lungs and chest.

You have too much going on for this to be real.

Answer 4

ok here it goes,,, i worked in a blood bank for a while so hope I can make this clear for you type A has the a antigen and the anti b anti body type b has the b antigen and the anti A antibody type ab has both the a and b antigens and no antibodies o has neither antigen and both a and b antibodies, AB is considered to be the "universal recipient" because it does not have antobodies to A B or O there for even though the blood that the person is getting is not exact most times any type can be safely used in an emergency, although type specific is best. Type o is consiodered the "unversal donor "because it has no antigens for types ab a and b to attack so the body does not recognize it as being foreign. So there is rarely a reaction, Reactions can occur if the RH factor is not checked for and an RH negative person recieves RH positive blood. The antibodies in the rh negative person will attack the rh antigen in the rh positive blood causeing clumping. There are also many other blood groups that normally people od not think about unless they are working in a blood bank that can cause clumping In general the ab pos is as close to a universal recipient as u will get and an O neg is as close to a universal donor as you can get. One other thing ,, blood cells are washed and the plasma that has the antibidoes is removed before transfusion in most cases, This is called washed packed cells. It reduces reactions ( clumping) I hope this helps