Cancer discovered after being poked by shrimp's whiskers

Hanoi After 10 days of being pricked by a shrimp's whisker on her finger, a 52-year-old female patient went to have the pus drained and was diagnosed with leukemia through test results.

The patient had a history of good health. After examination and hand pus aspiration at a local medical facility, high white blood cell and platelet counts were found. The patient also had clinical manifestations of splenomegaly. At the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, the patient was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (chronic blood cancer). After 10 days of treatment, the patient was discharged from the hospital, took medication at home, and had regular check-ups according to the scheduled appointment.

On August 31, Master, Doctor Nguyen Quoc Nhat, Deputy Head of the Department of Chemotherapy, said that many chronic leukemias are only discovered by chance during health screening tests or when going to the doctor for a medical problem.

In most remaining cases, the disease is easily detected with symptoms of fatigue, fever, pale skin, susceptibility to infection, night sweats; rapid weight loss; enlarged liver, enlarged spleen, enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged gums, bone pain; skin bleeding or bleeding that is difficult to stop.

After the blood test results are available, if cancer is suspected, the patient will be assigned to do additional bone marrow tests and/or bone marrow biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. At the same time, additional genetic, immunological, imaging and other tests will be performed to classify the disease, stage, risk group, and monitor treatment.

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