SYMPTOMS OF LEUKEMIA

Common symptoms to all leukemias include fever, weight loss, fatigue, bone pain, anemia as expressed in paleness, and an enlarged spleen or masses under the skin caused by an accumulation of leukemic cells.There may be skin lesions and a tendency to bleed.Infections may become more common and less responsive to treatment because of a loss of the normal blood cells needed to resist disease. Acute leukemia may be fatal within a few weeks of the onset of symptoms. But chronic cases receiving proper treatment have been known to survive more than 25 years.Biopsies of bone marrow and careful blood studies usually identify the disease. Source:The New Complete Medical and Health Encyclopedia