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Leukemia
Is cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system.
Symptoms:
- Fever or chills
- Persistent fatigue, weakness
- Frequent or severe infections
- Losing weight without trying
- Swollen lymph nodes, enlarged liver or spleen
- Easy bleeding or bruising
- Recurrent nosebleeds
- Tiny red spots in your skin (petechiae)
- Excessive sweating, especially at night
- Bone pain or tenderness
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Spleen ultrasound
- Lymph nodes ultrasound
- Histological examination of lymph nodes and bone marrow biopsy fragments