Hello,
Is it possible that the multiple myeloma would be "only" a symptom of an underlying disease, a not-yet-detected deep cancer, for example?
That is just a question (I didn't find a reply on the Internet).
Thanks
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Re: Myeloma as a symptom?
Bonjour Jacqueline,
I don't think anyone will argue with you that such may be a possibility; there are things that are not fully understood yet about myeloma / plasma cell illnesses.
I don't think anyone will argue with you that such may be a possibility; there are things that are not fully understood yet about myeloma / plasma cell illnesses.
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Little Monkey - Name: Little Monkey
- Who do you know with myeloma?: Father-stage 1 multiple myeloma
- When were you/they diagnosed?: March/April of 2015
Re: Myeloma as a symptom?
I am a physician but not one that specializes in hematology. I am also a smoldering myeloma patient. Symptoms are things that a patient will feel (such as fatigue, pain, nausea, rashes, fever, cough, etc.). Myeloma is a disease, not a symptom. It has a set of diagnostic test abnormalities that are required to make the diagnosis. Some of those abnormal tests can result in symptoms (for example, bone lesions causing pain or anemia causing fatigue). But many patients with myeloma have abnormal tests but no symptoms. So I don't think you could say that myeloma is a symptom of another disease.
If you are asking if the abnormal tests that lead to a diagnosis of myeloma could be signs of another underlying problem that causes the myeloma, well, that I couldn't say for sure. From what I have read, it seems that the event that is the "first domino" is one of the gene translocations or deletions that starts the abnormal cells to grow and produce abnormal proteins. But the change in the cell's DNA that leads to developing the disease of myeloma wouldn't be considered a separate disease from the myeloma.
Does that help answer your question?
If you are asking if the abnormal tests that lead to a diagnosis of myeloma could be signs of another underlying problem that causes the myeloma, well, that I couldn't say for sure. From what I have read, it seems that the event that is the "first domino" is one of the gene translocations or deletions that starts the abnormal cells to grow and produce abnormal proteins. But the change in the cell's DNA that leads to developing the disease of myeloma wouldn't be considered a separate disease from the myeloma.
Does that help answer your question?
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CathyAnn - Name: CathyAnnCleveland
- Who do you know with myeloma?: Myself
- When were you/they diagnosed?: 1/22/2016
- Age at diagnosis: 56
Re: Myeloma as a symptom?
Thank you very much, CathyAnn. It is clear now for me.
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Jacqueline - Name: Jacqueline
- When were you/they diagnosed?: november 2010
- Age at diagnosis: 53
Re: Myeloma as a symptom?
Happy to help.
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CathyAnn - Name: CathyAnnCleveland
- Who do you know with myeloma?: Myself
- When were you/they diagnosed?: 1/22/2016
- Age at diagnosis: 56
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