Prior to the turn of the century, leukemia had mercilessly claimed the lives of many patients due to limited treatment options. With the rapid development of hematology, the overall treatment efficiency of leukemia has exceeded 90%, and many patients can be cured. But the disease is treated from childhood, when you have the following symptoms abnormal should be promptly to the hospital, they may be the traces of leukemia.
1, anemia is often the first symptom of leukemia, mainly manifested as a pale face, weakness, sweating, whether in activity or at rest, feel shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat. The symptoms gradually worsen over time. The heavier the anemia is, the more serious the leukemia is, but other causes such as hemorrhoids, gastrointestinal bleeding, blood loss due to menstrual flow, etc. need to be excluded, and reasons such as partial eating can also cause nutritional deficiency anemia.
2. Fever More than half of the patients have fever as the early manifestation, which can be a low fever of less than 38 degrees or a high fever of 39 degrees or even more than 40 degrees. Most of them have repeated irregular fever, and when they have fever, they often have symptoms of respiratory infection such as nasal congestion, runny nose and cough, or urinary infection such as urinary poverty and urinary urgency, which often cause misdiagnosis. At this time, if the peripheral blood of the patient is checked, a large number of abnormal cells can be seen. It is important to note that it is best not to use antipyretic drugs, such as Anacin, Benadryl, etc. at will to cover up the original condition.
3, liver and spleen, lymph node enlargement Most patients with leukemia have superficial lymph node enlargement, with submandibular, neck, supraclavicular, axillary and inguinal areas, often without obvious pain, physical examination can find liver and spleen enlargement, there is obvious pressure pain under the sternum, which is a large number of leukemia cells infiltrate the bone marrow.
4, bleeding Leukemia with bleeding as an early manifestation of nearly 40%. Bleeding can occur in various parts of the body, commonly in unexplained petechiae on the skin, bleeding from the mouth, nasal cavity, gums, excessive menstruation, etc. Blurred retina often indicates fundus hemorrhage; severe headache, nausea and vomiting often indicate intracranial hemorrhage. Therefore, you should go to the hospital promptly when the above situation occurs.
5. Wasting and night sweating Wasting and night sweating are common symptoms of most malignant diseases, and leukemia patients also have such performance.