Many people don’t have any symptoms before being diagnosed with CLL. The cancer is often found when a person has blood tests done for another reason and the tests show too many white blood cells. If CLL does cause symptoms, they can include: 

• Feeling tired (fatigue)

• Feeling weak

• Fevers, chills, or night sweats

• Frequent infections

• Enlarged lymph nodes, often felt as lumps beneath the skin

• Pain or a sense of fullness in the upper abdomen, from an enlarged spleen

• Weight loss

• Bleeding or bruising easily

Many of these symptoms may be caused by other health problems. But it is important to see your healthcare provider if you have these symptoms. Only a healthcare provider can tell if you have CLL or another type of cancer.