Symptoms

CLL can develop and progress slowly. Often, people with CLL discover the cancer during unrelated testing and do not experience any signs or symptoms of the disease until after it is diagnosed. However, CLL may cause any of the following symptoms:

Weakness and fatigue

Weakness and fatigue

Fever

Fever
Unexplained weight loss
Unexplained weight loss
Swollen lymph nodes

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Swollen lymph nodes
Night sweats
Night sweats
Anemia (low red blood cells)

Anemia (low red blood cells)

Impaired immune system
Impaired immune system

Increased risk for common and unusual infections.

Thrombocytopenia (low platelets)

Thrombocytopenia (low platelets)

Enlarged spleen/swollen abdomen

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Enlarged spleen/swollen abdomen