How do you diagnose leukemia?

Blood or bone marrow: Typically this s diagnosed by a bone marrow test. In the marrow will be the abnormal proliferation of cells of the same type. At times, these cells in the can "spill" into the blood. When this occurs, the leukemia s diagnosed on blood tests. Even when noticed in the blood, a marrow test is usually performed as well.

Leukemia suggested..: By symptoms and signs: fatigue, pallor, headache, fast heart rat, bleeding, bruising, petechial rash, fever, bone pain, walk refusal or loss of milestones, cranial nerve palsies, lymphadenopathy, splenomegally, etc. Any system can be affected for multiple reasons. Classically it required a bone marrow test, but often now we can diagnose and determine type from peripheral blood by flow cytometry.