My DS is 4 and is always picking up a new virus every 2-3 weeks. He has been in childcare since he was 2, so I know it's common to pick up loads of bugs, but there's still no end in sight. My DD, who is 2, gets hardly any illnesses at all.
Nearly 3 weeks ago he was complaining of a sore throat, and I noticed his tonsils were so large that they were touching. He gets frequent tonsilitis and is on the waiting list for a tonsillectomy. But this time just seemed different. He says his throat feels better but he is so washed out and pale, has been off his food and has been very lethargic. He stopped napping years ago, but this last couple of weeks he has been falling asleep in the afternoon, despite sleeping all night. I took him to see the nurse practitioner on Friday as he said his ears were sore. She said that they were inflamed and his eardrum was bulging. She also said the glands in his neck were swollen.
I have started to become really concerned after reading the symptoms of leukaemia as his symptoms match quite a lot of them. This morning I noticed he had 3 ulcers on his tongue as well, which can be a sign of an immunity problem.
I know no one on here can diagnose. But I just wanted to see if anyone had been through similar and it turned out to be OK? I'll be calling the GP in the morning and raising my concerns with them and pushing them for a blood test, as I'm sick of them brushing everything off as a virus.