Lumbar puncture for leukemia is mandatory because it is the main diagnosis of the disease, and only through lumbar puncture can we accurately determine whether there is leukemia or not.
Leukemia is a malignant disease of hematopoietic stem cells that is very difficult to cure. The disease of leukemia mainly originates from the bone marrow, while the leukocytes inside the bone marrow are able to enter various organs throughout the body through the peripheral blood and can also be embedded in the central nervous system. This is where a lumbar puncture coupled with some clinical symptoms can help diagnose the presence of systemic leukemia.
Lumbar puncture is an important tool in the diagnosis of CNS leukemia, and CNS leukemia is a leukemic change in the leukocytes, the CNS, which causes neurological and psychiatric abnormalities and systemic lesions in the leukemia, which are usually found to be advanced and can be treated with chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation.
Patients with leukemia must pay attention to adjustment, do not put too much pressure on themselves, and must cooperate with the doctor’s examination and early detection and treatment to avoid delaying the disease.