Leukemia - Symptoms - Leukemia and Weakness

Leukemia - Symptoms
By Kathe Gallagher, MSW
Yahoo Health

Medical Review:Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal MedicineJoseph O'Donnell, MD - Hematology/Oncology

Last Updated: 11/30/2006

Symptoms

Symptoms of leukemia depend on how much the cancer has grown and may include:

* Fevers and night sweats.
* Frequent or unusual infections.
* Weakness and fatigue.
* Headaches.
* Bruising of the skin and bleeding from the gums or rectum.
* Bone pain.
* Joint pain.
* Swelling in the belly or pain on the left side of the belly or in the left shoulder from a swollen spleen.
* Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck, or groin.
* Decreased appetite and weight loss because you feel full and don't want to eat.

The chronic forms of leukemia often cause no symptoms until much later in the disease.

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