Symptoms of Blood conditions
Symptoms of Blood conditions
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for Blood conditions includes the 4
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Acute leukemia:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Signs of acute leukemia are sudden onset of high fever accompanied by thrombocytopenia and abnormal bleeding, such as nosebleeds, gingival bleeding, purpura, ecchymoses, petechiae, easy bruising after minor trauma, and prolonged menses. Nonspecific signs and symptoms, such as low-grade fever, weakness, and lassitude, may persist for days or months before visible symptoms appear. Other insidious signs and symptoms include pallor, chills, and recurrent infections. In addition, ALL, AML, and acute monoblastic leukemia may cause dyspnea, anemia, fatigue, malaise, tachycardia, palpitations, systolic ejection murmur, and abdominal or bone pain. When leukemic cells cross the blood-brain barrier and thereby escape the effects of systemic chemotherapy, the patient may develop meningeal leukemia (confusion, lethargy, headache).
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Blood transfusion reaction:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Immediate effects of a hemolytic transfusion reaction develop within a few minutes or hours after the start of the transfusion and may include chills, fever, urticaria, tachycardia, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, tightness in the chest, chest and back pain, hypotension, bronchospasm, angioedema, and signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, shock, pulmonary edema, heart failure, and renal failure. In a surgical patient under anesthesia, these symptoms are masked, but blood oozes from mucous membranes or the incision site.
Delayed hemolytic reactions can occur up to several weeks after a transfusion, causing fever, an unexpected fall in serum hemoglobin (Hb) level, and jaundice.
Allergic reactions are typically afebrile and characterized by urticaria and angioedema, possibly progressing to cough, respiratory distress, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vascular instability, shock, and coma.
The hallmark of febrile nonhemolytic reactions is mild to severe fever that may begin at the start of transfusion or within 2 hours after its completion.
Bacterial contamination produces a high fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and, possibly, shock. Symptoms of viral contamination may not appear for several weeks after transfusion.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
CLL is the most benign and the most slowly progressive form of leukemia. Clinical signs derive from the infiltration of leukemic cells in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and organ systems.
In early stages, patients usually complain of fatigue, malaise, fever, and nodal enlargement. They're particularly susceptible to infection.
In advanced stages, patients may experience severe fatigue and weight loss, with liver or spleen enlargement, bone tenderness, and edema from lymph node obstruction. Pulmonary infiltrates may appear when lung parenchyma is involved. Skin infiltrations, manifested by macular to nodular eruptions, occur in about one-half of the cases of CLL.
As the disease progresses, bone marrow involvement may lead to anemia, pallor, weakness, dyspnea, tachycardia, palpitations, bleeding, and infection. Opportunistic fungal, viral, and bacterial infections commonly occur in late stages.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Leukemia, acute:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Signs and symptoms of acute leukemia are the sudden onset of high fever accompanied by thrombocytopenia and abnormal bleeding, such as nosebleeds, gingival bleeding, purpura, ecchymoses, petechiae, easy bruising after minor trauma, and prolonged menses. Nonspecific signs and symptoms — such as low-grade fever, weakness, and lassitude — may persist for days or months before visible signs appear.
Other insidious signs and symptoms include pallor, chills, and recurrent infections. In addition, ALL, AML, and acute monoblastic leukemia may cause dyspnea, anemia, fatigue, malaise, tachycardia, palpitations, systolic ejection murmur, and abdominal or bone pain. When leukemic cells cross the blood-brain barrier and thereby escape the effects of systemic chemotherapy, the patient may develop meningeal leukemia, characterized by confusion, lethargy, and headache.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most benign and the most slowly progressive form of leukemia. Signs and symptoms derive from the infiltration of leukemic cells in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and organ systems.
Early stages
In early stages, patients usually complain of fatigue, malaise, fever, and nodal enlargement. They’re particularly susceptible to infection, which may be fatal.
Advanced stages
In advanced stages, patients may experience severe fatigue and weight loss, with liver or spleen enlargement, bone tenderness, and edema from lymph node obstruction. Pulmonary infiltrates may appear when lung parenchyma is involved. Skin infiltrations, manifested by macular to nodular eruptions, occur in about one-half of the cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
As the disease progresses, bone marrow involvement may lead to anemia, pallor, weakness, dyspnea, tachycardia, palpitations, bleeding, or infection. Opportunistic fungal, viral, and bacterial infections commonly occur in late stages and result in fatal septicemia.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Leukemia, chronic granulocytic:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Typically, CGL induces these signs and symptoms:
❑ anemia (fatigue, weakness, decreased exercise tolerance, pallor, dyspnea, tachycardia, and headache)
❑ thrombocytopenia, with resulting bleeding and clotting disorders (retinal hemorrhage, ecchymoses, hematuria, melena, bleeding gums, nosebleeds, and easy bruising)
❑ hepatosplenomegaly, with abdominal discomfort and pain; splenic infarction from leukemic cell infiltration.
Other signs and symptoms include sternal and rib tenderness from leukemic infiltrations of the periosteum; low-grade fever; weight loss; anorexia; renal calculi or gouty arthritis from increased uric acid excretion; occasionally, prolonged infection and ankle edema; and, rarely, priapism and vascular insufficiency.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Blood conditions as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
When considering symptoms of Blood conditions, it is also important to consider Blood conditions as a possible cause of other medical conditions.
The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Blood conditions may cause:
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This signs and symptoms information for Blood conditions has been gathered from various sources,
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and may not be the full list of Blood conditions signs or Blood conditions symptoms.
Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Blood conditions may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they
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