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Leukemia - 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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November 26, 2008
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