Symptoms of congenital leukemia

In fact, leukemia is also a disease that seriously threatens people's life and health. Many people in life suffer from congenital leukemia. However, it will bring serious threats to your life and health, so no matter what factors cause leukemia, we cannot easily ignore it. So do you know the symptoms of congenital leukemia?

As the name suggests, congenital leukemia actually exists from birth, so in many cases, this disease cannot be avoided. However, if you want to better control and prevent this problem, you must fully understand its symptoms so that you can understand whether your health has been threatened.

1. General symptoms include fever, drowsiness, loss of appetite, lack of weight gain, and shortness of breath.

2. Skin damage 50% pathology has various manifestations of skin infiltration, which can occur from birth to a few weeks after birth. The skin nodules are 0.2 to 0.3 cm in diameter, bluish-gray or purple-red, and have no adhesion to the subcutaneous tissue. Distributed on the head, cheeks, trunk and limbs, from soft to hard. It may also present as papules, eczema or herpes-like lesions. The skin nodules of neonatal acute monocytic leukemia (Amol) may remit spontaneously but recur weeks or months later with eye involvement and chloroma.

3. Bleeding tendency can be seen in the form of petechiae and ecchymoses on the skin, sometimes vomiting blood and black stools. In severe cases, intracranial hemorrhage is life-threatening.

4. Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly are common. The liver and spleen may be severely enlarged and enter the pelvic cavity. But lymphadenopathy is rare.

5. Central nervous system leukemia occurs early, and once diagnosed after birth, leukemia cells can be found in the cerebrospinal fluid.

6. In addition to the above symptoms, there may be corresponding symptoms caused by involvement of the lungs, heart, kidneys, peritoneum and other organs.

The above is an introduction to the symptoms of congenital leukemia. I hope that after understanding it, everyone will pay attention to the scientific understanding of this disease so that scientific and targeted treatment can be achieved. These are also some issues that must be paid attention to to ensure our health. No matter what kind of disease it is, it cannot be easily ignored.