Often Considered An Ordinary Disease, These Are Symptoms Of Blood Cancer That Must Be Watched Out For

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JAKARTA - This cancer occurs when blood cells experience abnormalities, so they develop and spread quickly throughout the body. This disease includes malignant cancer that must be treated immediately.

However, blood cancer symptoms are often ignored because they are considered a common disease. These are some symptoms of blood cancer that should be watched out for and must be examined immediately after experiencing it.

1. Prolonged fever

Fever is a common disease when the body's immune system decreases, and usually recovers within a few days. However, if the fever lasts a long time, more than a week, it can be a sign of another disease, one of which is blood cancer. Especially if the body weakens every day.

Demam, if a person has a long fever, more than a week, then there is something wrong. If more than a week of fever does not heal, the patient's condition is getting weaker, it is already a sign and must be examined, Senior Consultant and Haematologist at the Parkway Cancer Center, Dawn Mya Hae, in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, recently.

2. Weight dropped drastically

Drowning drastically in a short time can also be a symptom of blood cancer. The amount of weight loss that is watched out for is about 10 percent in a few weeks, without the person on a diet.

"There is a loss of body weight, like 10 percent of our initial body weight. For example, a 60 kg body weight shrinks by 6 kg in a short time, it is also one of the symptoms we must pay attention to," he explained.

3. Excess sweat

Other symptoms to watch out for are excessive sweat, especially at night. This excessive sweat can occur because the body is trying to fight infections and disease.

Another symptom is sweat, it's also one of the most important symptoms we have to pay attention to, regardless it's specific or not," added Doctor Dawn.

If you have experienced some of the symptoms above, it is recommended to immediately go to the hospital.

Diagnosis and rapid treatment of blood cancer will increase the chances of patient recovery.

'Recognizing initial signs such as prolonged fever, fatigue that never disappears, can speed up diagnosis. The sooner it is detected, the greater the chance of patients recovering,' concluded Doctor Dawn.