Acute myeloid leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow and blood. The term “acute” means that the cancer will get worse quickly if not treated. Symptoms of AML include fever, shortness of breath, easy bruising, petechiae, overall weakness, weight loss, and joint pain. Other manifestations include bleeding and clotting problems, abdominal swelling gum pain and bleeding, and enlarged lymph nodes. The symptoms tend to be (non)-specific, and are caused by low numbers of blood cells. It is diagnosed through a physical examination, a complete blood count test an blood smear, bone marrow tests, and genetic testing. After diagnosis, imaging and a lumbar puncture will help providers see if the cancer has spread. Treatment includes chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants and other anticancer medicines. AML typically develops from cells that are to turn myeloid cells that turn into white blood cells, red bloc cells, or platelets. AML sometimes spreads to the lymph nodes, liver, spleen CNS, and testicles.
Interestingly, AML can cause skin rashes caused by the body’s difficulty with blood clotting, Petechiae is a rash that appears as tiny red dots cause( by blood leaking into the skin. Other rashes include folliculitis, leukemia cutis, chloroma, sweet’s syndrome and other treatment reactions.
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