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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Most people are diagnosed without symptoms as the result of a routine blood test that returns a high white blood cell count, but as it advances CLL results in swollen lymph nodes, spleen, and liver, and eventually anemia and infections.
History and Symptoms
Presenting symptoms include:
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Bleeding - excessive
- Weight loss
- Muscle wasting
- Weakness
- Loss of appetite
- Night sweats
- Abdominal pain
- Frequent infections