College Student With Sinus Infection Like Symptoms Had Leukemia—
For months, college student Breeze Hunter, 22, felt pressure and pain in her head.
“I had a lot of fluid in my ears, which was causing the headaches,” she says. “I went to a clinic a few times and they pretty much said it was a sinus infection.”
After Hunter became too weak to walk to classes, she underwent a blood test. When doctors received the results, they urged her to go to the emergency room immediately. She learned she had acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer.
“Ifeltsoscared.Ikindofblackedout,”sherecalls.“Iwaslike,‘There’snowayshejustsaidthat.Noway.’”
SinusinfectionleadstocancerdiagnosisWhilethemonths-longheadacheandpressureinhernosefeltannoying,Hunterthoughtshesimplyhadasinusinfectionshecouldn’tkick.WhenshestruggledtowalkupstairsortoclassatTexasA&M,shebecameworried.Atafollow-upappointmentinOctober2024,shesharedhernewsymptoms.
“Itoldthemthattheheadachesarestillhere.I’mveryweakandhadfatigue,”shesays.“Theyrecommendeddoingabloodtest.”
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