Leukemia: Symptoms, Types, Treatment
Leukemia is a cancer of the WBCs in the blood. In leukemia, cancer cells multiply quickly and the WBCs do not function like normal WBCs. There are the following types of leukemia:
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)
The symptoms of leukemia may include:
- easily bleeding and bruising
- bone pain and tenderness
- confusion
- enlarged liver or spleen
- excessive sweating at night called night sweats.
- fatigue and weakness
- fever or chills
- frequent infections
- headaches
- loss of muscle control
- nausea and vomiting
- painless, swollen lymph nodes in the neck and armpits)
- red spots on the skin called petechiae
- seizures
- unintentional weight loss
