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A 66-year-old male asked:
What is the symptoms for multiple myeloma?
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Dr. Pavel Conovalciucanswered
Family Medicine 25 years experience
MM: Fatigue, bone pain, fractures of bones without injury, night sweats, pallor, malaise. Other than bone fractures, the other symptoms are not very specific.
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Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
Variable: Symptoms are related to the number of the plasma cells burder- that can include- bone pain due to cancer involvement to the bone. Fracture can happen without any trauma, supression of the normal blood count- anemia, low white blood cell, low platelet, fatigue, shortness of breath, confusion/dehydration/lethargic- related to increase serum calcium, renal function declining etc.
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Dr. Liawaty Ho commented
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
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No, i dont think it is caused by a bone marrrow biopsy. You should however see you doctor and tell you doctor about the leg swelling. Blood clot in the leg- should be ruled out. Also need to evaluate you kidney and heart function as well .
Apr 12, 2012
Dr. Keith Stockerl-Goldsteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 32 years experience
Many symptoms : There may be no symptoms in some people who are found to have myeloma on routine blood tests. Common symptoms include back pain, fatigue, bone fractures. Nausea and vomiting can occur related to kidney or electrolyte problems.
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Dr. Zartash Gulanswered
Hematology and Oncology 22 years experience
Multiple: Bone pain
Decreased urination due to renal failure
Mental status changes - hypercalcemia
Fatigue from anemia
Plasmacytomas can cause obstructive symptoms if compressing any organ
These are few common symptoms
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Dr. Timothy Gogginsanswered
Hematology and Oncology 26 years experience
Vary: Symptoms of multiple myeloma can vary. The most common symptoms are fatigue, bone pain, and occasional renal failure with fluid retention. Some patients just of signs of disease like anemia, low platelets, a creatinine elevation, or early neuropathy.
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Dr. Michael Thompsonanswered
Hematology and Oncology 22 years experience
Variable: Sometimes multiple myeloma (mm) is found on laboratory testing or with a bone fracture or infection. Symptomatic mm includes laboratory and symptom findings such as crab - hypercalcemia, renal (kidney) insufficiency, anemia, and/or bone disease (eg lytic / "moth eaten") lesions. Infection and neuropathy are other issues that can occur.
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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgeanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
The symptoms of Multiple myeloma include:: Fatigue, Bone pain, Infection, Kidney failure, Anemia.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
What are the common symptoms of smoldering multiple myeloma?
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Dr. Michael Thompsonanswered
Hematology and Oncology 22 years experience
None: No symptoms by definition. Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is asymptomatic. If it is "symptomatic" then it is (symptomatic) multiple myeloma (MM). A new International Myeloma Working Group definition of SMM and MM was just published...http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70442-5/abstract Ultra high risk SMM is now called MM. The trial E3A06 looks at SMM.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What are the signs and symptoms of multiple myeloma?
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Dr. Michael Thompsonanswered
Hematology and Oncology 22 years experience
CRAB +: C - hypercalcemia
r - renal (kidney) disease, elevated crt
a - anemia (not explained by other causes)
b - bone disease - eg osteoporosis, fractures, or lytic (moth eat) lesions
+ neuropathy, frequent infections, etc...
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Doctors, what are the symptoms of smoulding multiple myeloma?
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Dr. Sewa Leghaanswered
Medical Oncology 52 years experience
Asymptomatic: Smoldering myeloma is a stage of Myeloma before patients become symptomatic. So it is discovered on routine checking of blood proteins or show up in a serum protein electrophoresis(SEP). Many of these patients develop symptoms within one or two years and the symptoms are bone/back pain or a broken bone due to myeloma.
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