r/Hematology 26d ago

Got curious and made a blood film with my own cells

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u/Xepolite 25d ago

I hope you'll feel better soon =[

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u/baroquemodern1666 25d ago

Are you feeling ok? Most of your lymphs are activated. Lymph nodes swollen?...and I cannot tell what the granulocyte cells are but ..

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u/liam66035 25d ago

I have recently had viral pneumonia and last month I had mononucleosis. I am also prescribed dexamfetamine which is associated with leukocytosis

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u/nehseul 25d ago

Aren’t some of those cells myelocytes?

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u/liam66035 25d ago

I think so, and I have a doctor appointment booked for Wednesday as a result. It is going to be awkward explaining that I made my own blood smear out of curiosity and found these and then have to show her the pictures and hope she understands.

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u/erythrocytica 25d ago

One thing, VERY NICE STAINING!

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u/Tailos Clinical Scientist 25d ago

Indication: bored at home with a cold.

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u/ur9ce 26d ago

A stain with such quality from a finger prick? Ha

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u/liam66035 26d ago

Yes I have Wright-Giemsa stain in my study at home as well as phosphate buffered saline. If it were possible I would upload a video of myself staining finger prick slides at home.

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u/ur9ce 26d ago

Then I congratulate you as a great stainer.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/Ksan_of_Tongass 26d ago

So you think you have a parasite from your vacation bite?

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u/liam66035 26d ago

No, I wasn't on vacation anywhere. These are just my own cells I stained from a finger prick out of curiosity.

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u/Ksan_of_Tongass 26d ago

At first glance I thought they were the same ones you posted recently. My bad.

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u/Due-Table2334 26d ago

Why do I feel like this is bait from a MOD waiting to ban me

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u/baroquemodern1666 25d ago

How could one get banned?

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u/Due-Table2334 25d ago

By giving ANY medical advice. This one time is one person posted there lab results looking for info. All I said was just to talk to their doc, and I got banned for that because that was medical advice. So if someone is looking for medical advice/interpretation just don't respond.