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Multiple myeloma
Pain in your bones, especially in your back, ribs, and skull
Symptoms:
- Weakness
- Fatigue
- Feeling very thirsty
- Getting infections and fevers often
- Changes in how often you need to pee
- Restlessness
- Confusion
- Nausea and vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Numbness, especially in your legs
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Spleen ultrasound
- Histological examination of bone marrow biopsy fragment
- Chest X-ray
- Plain skull X-ray