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- Leukemia
- SYMPTOMS. Signs of ACUTE LEUKEMIA may include infection of the throat, mouth
- or lungs, abrupt high fever, bleeding from the nose or mouth, blood in the
- urine, bloody stool and purplish-red skin bruises and sores. The signs of
- CHRONIC LEUKEMIA may include appetite loss, weight loss, slight upper
- abdominal distress or heaviness, swollen lymph nodes & increasing weakness.
- CAUSES are unknown at this time although leukemia in mice, rats and chickens
- are due to viruses. Leukemias are malignant blood-forming tissues disorders
- that lead to abnormally high production of white blood cells which crowd out
- other important blood elements. Acute leukemia mostly affects children and
- chronic leukemia mostly affects adults over 30.
- TREATMENT. Consult your doctor.