# Worry About a Blood or Immune Disease

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class BS90 - condition scope only, no dose · Illness Anxiety Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK554399) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554399/ · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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WORRY ABOUT A BLOOD OR IMMUNE DISEASE
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class BS90 -
         condition scope only, no dose · Illness Anxiety Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
         (NBK554399) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554399/ · No dose - referral pathway,
         no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    Patient is worried about having a blood or immune disorder (e.g. leukaemia, anaemia)
            without one being confirmed. GP's role is a focused history, exam and appropriate
            screening tests, then reassurance; referral is only needed if anxiety is significant or
            a real abnormality turns up. - Refer, with advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      Patient is worried about having a blood or immune disorder (e.g. leukaemia, anaemia)
            without one being confirmed. GP's role is a focused history, exam and appropriate
            screening tests, then reassurance; referral is only needed if anxiety is significant or
            a real abnormality turns up.
   Caution  No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
            RED FLAG - Objective findings on examination or blood tests (pallor, bruising,
            lymphadenopathy, an abnormal CBC) turn this from worry into a real diagnosis.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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