3 Strange Symptoms of Leukemia You May Not Expect

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There are some unelectable symptoms that can occur if you have leukemia. You should know these signs to have a better leukemia prognosis once blood cancer treatment started.

The disease may get worse quickly if you have a type known as acute leukemia or it may progress slowly and get worse over time, if you have chronic leukemia. If you have these symptoms of leukemia go directly for cancer center as you may need chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment immediately.

3Feeling full or bloated

One sign of chronic—and sometimes acute—types of leukemia is an enlarged spleen, which may result in a loss of appetite. You might have what’s called “early satiety,” according to Dr. Crilley. “Patients eat a little bit of food, they feel full quickly because the spleen is pushing up on the stomach,” she says.

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