What are the signs and symptoms of multiple myeloma?

What are the signs and symptoms of multiple myeloma?

The general signs and symptoms of multiple myeloma are not really specific for the disease so for instance patient might develop anemia but your body is not telling you I have anemia you might feel just more fatigued and very often patients try to downplay symptoms they say oh I'm getting older or I'm not in shape I didn't have enough sleep and they deny those symptoms so anemia can be a sign of multiple myeloma and it's important that you follow up with your doctor for regularly blood checks especially when you are older so I recommend that you have once-a-year blood check to see for instance signs of anemia another symptom is bone pain so then the multiple myeloma attacks your bone you can have bone pain again very unspecific it can be pain in your spine who is over 50 and never had pain and the spine so that's why try to read your body independent from any activity maybe ask your doctor and say you know let's do an x-ray I mentioned that the myeloma takes the bone and when the myeloma eats the bone it's not a nice about to say eat but that's what happens the bone releases calcium so the calcium levels in your blood can be high again symptoms are unspecific for high calcium it can be nausea it can be vomiting and nobody would attribute nausea to high calcium again have a regular follow-up see your doctor when you have those symptoms or fatigue bone pain nausea then you should really see a doctor Nero Percy can also be a symptom of multiple myeloma again very unspecific you feel numbness in your hands and your fingers or in your feet and patients say oh I'm getting old and maybe you have diabetes that is associated with this but it's important that your doctor really follows up on those specific symptoms and that somebody tries to bring the symptoms together multiple myeloma again can have very unspecific symptoms it you can have fatigue from anemia you can have neuropathy from the monoclonal protein of taking your nerves you can have bone pain you can have high calcium that results in some nausea the symptoms are very unspecific and especially when you get older you try to deny and you say that oh you know this h related or you go to your doctor and you saw the doctor for many years and the doctor said well you will be fine you know and don't very I think it is important first of all that the doctor listens to the patient I had an old professor who said right now I'm old but I remember what he said he said to me your patient is always right so your patient is always correct and I think the doctors need to listen to the patient because you as a patient you know your body you know if there's something completely different than it was a year before and you know that the changes who you really notice are maybe more drastic than just related to age so that's why you should insist that your doctor follows up on the symptoms and the follow-up can be pretty simple a blood test can help to find do you have anemia do you have hypercalcemia do you have a high protein that indicates milder myeloma and just do a simple x-ray to see is there any abnormality in your spine the lytic lesion or fracture those are very simple tests who can really help you to detect the myeloma very early and if you still feel something is wrong please insist and talk to your doctor