What's the deal with recurrent fever, could it be leukemia?

When a patient has a recurrent fever, it does not necessarily mean that they have leukemia. There are many clinical causes of recurrent fever, such as infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases.

1. Infectious diseases: such as bacterial pneumonia, viral influenza or Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, etc., which can lead to dysfunction of the body temperature regulation center and hyperthermia symptoms under the stimulation of inflammatory factors;

2. Autoimmune diseases: such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, etc., can also be manifested as long-term low-grade fever, that is, the phenomenon of a long duration between 37-38 °C;

3. Neoplastic diseases: including benign and malignant types, among which lung cancer is more common, followed by gastric cancer and liver cancer, and other nasopharyngeal cancer, cervical cancer and thyroid papilloma can cause the occurrence of the above conditions;

4. Blood system diseases: such as acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, etc., may lead to a decrease in the body's immunity, thereby inducing symptoms of recurrent fever;

5. Metabolic abnormalities: If there is diabetic ketoacidosis, it will lead to an increase in heat production in the body, which will cause recurrent fever.

Some medications, such as glucocorticoids, can also cause this phenomenon, which have anti-inflammatory effects but also suppress the body's normal immune response, so these symptoms may occur during use. If the patient has frequent seizures accompanied by uncomfortable symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment in time.