Patient's question:
Doctor, my baby is now three months old. Recently, he has been having high fever constantly and it keeps coming and going. Later, the local doctor said it might be leukemia and advised us to go to a higher-level hospital for a thorough examination. Hello. What are the initial blood tests for pediatric leukemia?Doctor's answer:
If a child suffers from leukemia, first, a thorough blood test needs to be conducted. The clinical manifestations of leukemia are primarily characterized by recurrent low-grade fever, significantly low red blood cell counts, and abnormally elevated white blood cell levels. For a specific diagnosis of leukemia, a bone marrow puncture test needs to be performed. It is recommended that you go to the hematology department of a large, top-tier, three-level hospital for the bone marrow puncture test and diagnosis.