A sign can be defined as
something that can be recognized and observed by a healthcare professional or a
doctor. A symptom on the other hand is something that can be recognized by the
person who is experiencing it. These symptoms and signs of leukemia can also be
caused by various other chronic health conditions. Thus it is extremely
important to always have an unusual check for symptoms from a good doctor.
Acute leukemia has symptoms and signs that may be similar to the flu and can
come on suddenly within a few weeks or days. On the other hand chronic leukemia
has symptoms that can gradually develop and people will then complain that they
do not feel very well. This disease is discovered when a routine blood test is
done.
Rare symptoms and signs
The rare symptoms and signs of
leukemia are as follows.
• Choroma
This is a
tumor like collection that consists of leukemia cells and it is present under
the skin and or other parts of the body.
• Skin changes
Leukemia cutis
can occur when the cells of leukemia cell enter the skin. The patches and sores
can be of any particular size and are usually tan or pink in color.
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis can
resemble a very allergic reaction on the skin of the person suffering. The
sores can usually appear on the hands and also feet.
The sweet's syndrome includes
painful sores and fever that can appear anywhere on the patient's body.
Blood count
A complete blood count must be
done in order to measure the quality and number of the white blood cells,
platelets and red blood cells. The leukemia is mostly suspected when the cell
counts of the blood are abnormal and the blood cells are not looking very
normal. The abnormal blood cell counts may be due to various other conditions
and can be extremely abnormal. These abnormal blood counts may be due to
various other conditions and leukemia. The blasts may not exactly occur
normally in the blood so the leukemia is suspected if the blasts are present.
It is one of the important things to remember.
Acute leukemia
The white blood cells will be
low, high or normal. The blast cells can also be present in the blood of people
who have acute leukemia.
Chronic leukemia
In a chronic condition the white
blood cell count is extremely high. The platelet count can also be low and
anemia.
