Symptoms of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Symptoms of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
The symptoms may not be evident during the early stage of the disease. They begin to surface as the disease progresses.
Most of the symptoms of CLL resemble those of other blood disorders and they vary with each individual. Some of the common symptoms are listed below-
- Persistent weakness
- Breathlessness (sometimes)
- Recurrent infections
- Night sweats
- Weight Loss (in some)
- Pallor
- Tendency to bleed - e.g. from gums
On Examination the following maybe observed -
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Enlarged spleen
- Enlarged liver
- Anemia
- Abnormal bruising and bleeding
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