Prognostic symptoms of childhood leukemia include fever with no apparent cause, progressive anemia, bleeding tendency, and enlarged liver and spleen lymph nodes.
Leukemia is the most common malignant neoplastic disease of the hematologic system and is generally classified as acute or chronic, and acute leukemia can be divided into acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. The most common childhood leukemia is acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
The cause of childhood leukemia is not clear, but is mainly associated with viral infections, ionizing radiation, long-term exposure to certain chemicals, and also genetic factors.
Children should be alerted to leukemia if they have the following symptoms: fever with no apparent cause; progressive anemia such as pallor, fatigue, dizziness, headache, and tinnitus; bleeding tendencies such as bleeding from the gums and nose, bleeding spots, petechiae, and petechiae on the skin; pain in the sternum, ribs, and bones of the limbs; enlarged liver, spleen, and lymph nodes; headache, vomiting, blackheadedness, and visual impairment; weight loss, or other organ dysfunction.
The patient should be seen by the hematology department of a regular hospital in a timely manner to improve blood tests and other related tests. Bone marrow aspiration is the main method to diagnose leukemia.