Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL):

  • Fatigue, tiredness
  • Fever
  • Night sweats (night sweats)
  • High susceptibility to infections due toabsolute granulocytopenia (reduction of neutrophil granulocytes in the blood).
  • Bleeding or bleeding tendency due tothe thrombocytopenia (lack of platelets / blood platelets).
  • Pale skin color due toanemia (anemia).
  • Dyspnea (shortness of breath) due tomediastinal tumor (tumor in the mediastinal cavity), especially in T-cell leukemia.
  • Lymphadenopathy (lymph node enlargement).
  • Pain (especially in the legs; “child may no longer walk”).
  • Bone pain
  • Arthralgia (joint pain)
  • Painless, usually unilateral swelling of the testicles.
  • Abdominal symptoms: Hepatosplenomegaly (liver and spleen enlargement).