Healthtoday.com27-Year-Old Med Student With Cancer Shares ‘Concerning’ First Symptoms
A 27-year-old US medical student shares how blacking-out vision and dark urine at age 22 turned out to be signs of an aggressive and rare bone marrow cancer.
Just a month after starting her first job out of college, she experienced scary symptoms that led to a cancer diagnosis and rare relapses.
Ananya Bashyam was 22 and just weeks into her first job when sudden vision blackouts and dark urine led to a diagnosis of B-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma.
Doctors initially suspected liver failure because her liver numbers were strikingly high, but worsening blood cell counts prompted a bone marrow biopsy that revealed the true diagnosis.
Now 27 and a medical student, Bashyam is sharing her story after experiencing rare relapses, with her doctor at MD Anderson saying treatment advances now allow many patients to be cured.
Doctors say B-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma is more common in children but can affect young adults, and experts say early specialist referral is key as it is deadly if untreated.
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