| No human is alike another on this planet. Because of | | | | Because of the lack of oxygen and nutrients that the |
| the this the way that the disease leukemia affects | | | | body is receiving, bone or joint pain may also make |
| people is also very different. Some patients may | | | | them selves felt. Because the fact that the brain is |
| experience severe or acute symptoms, while in | | | | also affected, headache, paralysis, seizures may |
| others the action of the symptoms may be so mild | | | | sometimes trouble the patient with different |
| that a long time passes till the disease is actually | | | | intensities. In men the case might also include the |
| found and diagnosed; this can go on for years or | | | | swelling of the testicles, witch is a very nasty thing. |
| even decades. All of us know that leukemia is the | | | | Skin symptoms may also appear like rashes, loss of |
| worst cancer that exist in this days and that affects | | | | hair. |
| people. Properly diagnosing this disorder can prove | | | | To be sure of the diagnose he makes, the doctor will |
| quite tricky some times, the fact being that many of | | | | most certainly run a wide variety of tests to rule out |
| its symptoms do resemble the symptoms of other | | | | any other disease that is suspected to cause trouble |
| very common and not life threatening illnesses. | | | | to the patient. As long with physical test the doctor |
| Some of the most usual symptoms found in leukemia | | | | will also take blood samples to be more shore of the |
| patients are fever, chills or other symptoms that | | | | diagnose that he makes. High white blood cell count |
| resemble the ones of flu; weakness or fatigue may | | | | would most certainly indicate an over production of |
| also appear in patients. Because of the heavy tole | | | | the bone marrow, but this does not necessarily mean |
| that the disease has on the body the patient may | | | | the person has leukemia. A further more thorough |
| experience loss of appetite and normally after this, | | | | test will actually include the extraction of some bone |
| the weight might severely drop. Severe sweating | | | | marrow for a bone marrow biopsy. If in this case a |
| may also be present, especially during sleep, at night | | | | problem is discovered than the patient is in for some |
| time. Swollen or bleeding gums may be some of that | | | | bed news. Still these test are extremely painful, often |
| symptoms to show us that the disease is getting | | | | making patients to think again about taking them. |
| serious and taking a heavy tole on the patient. | | | | |