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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?

Many times, CLL causes no symptoms and is found only when a routine blood sample is checked. However, the cancerous cells may cause the following symptoms:

anemia, or a low red blood cell count

bleeding problems due to poorly working blood clotting cells, called platelets

loss of normal white blood cell function, which increases the risk of infection

a need for red blood cell transfusions

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Author: Miriam P. Rogers, EdD, RN, AOCN, CNS
Reviewer: Adam Brochert, MD
Date Reviewed: 08/01/01

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