i think i may have it but i dont know i want to know if im overreacting or not so what are the signs?thanks…

My 6yr. old step-son was taken to the doctor today. It turns out he has a high white blood cell count. The doctors kept over night and plan on doing more blood tests in the morning. Could he have leukemia? He has been really sick for about a year now. Its really been off and on. He fine one week then two weeks later he sick, fever, coughing, throwing up. Has anyone on here been through this with a young child and if so what signs should I look for and question should we ask the doctors?

i bruise very easily and i always have a headache and always very tired. but i have not lost any weight and my appetite is fine. how do u get leukemia? what are the major signs? am i just worrying for nothing?

and can the person appear to be perfectly normal without showing any signs of suffering from the disease?

I am 18 years old, and i have being experiencing difficulties with urinating. For instance, i have to wake up 2 to 3 time in the middle of the night to urinate. When i was reading about it a bit more, i found out you can experience back problems too which in fact is true in my case because my lower back has bin hurting for more than a month now and no signs of improvement. I also have problem while urinating. Is there any more signs that i should look for?

My brother is 54 yrs old and was just diagnosed with prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 5. His PSA was 4.25. The biopsy showed that he only had traces of cancer on the right side of his prostate and it was limited to that area. He is in excellent health and very active, and has not shown any signs of any urinary problems.

He is considering the treatment option of "watchful waiting". What are your thoughts on this vs possibly robotic surgery? Some doctors prefer surgery when the patient is this young. Thanks for your inputs on this.

I’m a hypochondriac if you may and have recently worried about getting leukemia. I had a blood test a month ago to detect low blood sugar. Can blood work detect leukemia, or show signs of it? My blood work has come back fine, I’m just asking to settle my worries.

My grandfather has been smoking since he was 15, and is now 61. Lately, he’s been coughing a lot, and losing his voice.
He smokes about two packs a day.
How long does it take lung cancer, or other diseases, to form?
And are these signs of anything?

Also,what are the early signs?
I take it that’s a no, with no replies. I thought not. I think it always leads to death eventually but drugs or ops just prolong life a bit.

My brother in law has been having alot of pain in his abdomen and the doctor ordered CAT scans on thursday. We just got the results (by phone so they didnt go into any detail) and they said he had an enlarged prostate. So I know guys can get prostate cancer and one of the signs is enlarged prostate. What other things can an enlarged prostate mean?