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Are There Any Symptoms When You Have Smoldering Multiple Myeloma?

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Indianapolis, IN
May 15, 2024
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Hi Mary,
They say you don’t have symptoms, but everyone with SMM feels something. I have fatigue, bone pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and my creatinine is too high, so my IgA Kappa is affecting my kidneys. My ribs break with no trauma. I’m sorry you are wondering, because that means you are probably feeling something 💕 Always talk to you MM Specialist Oncologist about any new symptom.
Paula🌹

May 15, 2024
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Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is asymptomatic, which means it doesn’t cause any symptoms. However, people with SMM may have disease signs like too many plasma cells or too much M protein, but they don’t feel them. Symptoms such as bone pain, nausea, trouble thinking, or tiredness could be indicators of active multiple Show Full Answer

Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is asymptomatic, which means it doesn’t cause any symptoms. However, people with SMM may have disease signs like too many plasma cells or too much M protein, but they don’t feel them. Symptoms such as bone pain, nausea, trouble thinking, or tiredness could be indicators of active multiple myeloma, not SMM.

May 15, 2024

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