In the first stages of CML, many patients do not have any symptoms of disease and remain symptom-free for several years. Frequently, the disease is discovered through routine blood tests or during a regular checkup.
With the passage of time, however, as the number of diseased cells accumulates and interferes with the body's normal functioning, symptoms develop. These symptoms can include:
- shortness of breath
- weight loss
- enlarged lymph nodes
- a feeling of fullness in the abdomen
- night sweats
- fever
- loss of appetite
- anemia
- recurrent infections
