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Leukemia Symptoms

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Symptoms of leukemia : Leukemia is a dreaded disease that attacks especially the children and young adults. It is a cancer, that falls in the blood cancer category and affects the blood and bone marrow. This cancer leads to abnormally high counts of white blood cells in the body. There are basically four different types of leukemia. These are : * Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. * Chronic myelogenous leukemia. * Acute Lymphocytic leukemia. * Acute Myeloid leukemia. Child and adult leukemia are existant with acute lymphocytic leukemia being the most common type of leukemia among children. Although the exact reasons for onset of leukemia are not clear, yet it is believed that exposure to harmful chemicals like – radioactive wastes, chemical wastes and exposure to other types of carcinogens like high tobacco and alcohol.Treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy administered to cure other types of cancers in the past Some of the observable symptoms of...

Blood Cancer Treatment

Leukemia Treatment : The treatment mechanism of leukemia is like any other cancer case. The treatment is basically aimed at removing or destroying the cancer cells completely. The most preferred treatment is chemotherapy. In this method of treatment, the patient is given shots of anti cancer medicine intravenously. The medicine attacks all types of cells in the target area, removing any cancerous cells. The chemotherapy is given either daily or on consecutive days for a period of six weeks. In the following two weeks, the condition of the patient is assessed and the next treatment schedule is prepared. As a side effect of chemotherapy, the patient will lose almost all the body hair. Alongside there are other symptoms as well like, nausea and lack of appetite. Another strategy of treatment called consolidation treatment is targeted at removing the remnant cancerous cells. Preventive treatment strategy is aimed at controlling the spread of the disease to vital organs including...

Blood Cancer Awareness

Blood Cancer Awareness , Symptoms And Treatment : Blood cancer along with another disorder which is both painful and deadly is the toxic shock syndrome is a deadly disease. Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) although carries symptoms like blood cancer is not actually a malignant disease but is equally deadly. The TSS is a disease that is caused due to bacterial toxins in the blood. The reason or cause of this disease is very simple, a deadly bacterial infection. This disease mainly spreads from a strain of Staphylococcus. It was first seen among small children but was properly observed when an epidemic of TSS broke out. The symptoms of TSS are generally mild to high fever reaching temperatures more than 38.9 degrees Celcius. This is often accompanied by confusion, decrease in blood pressure etc. Symptoms similar to sunburn like rashes appearing on mouth, palms and soles of feet etc. Other symptoms like nausea, vomiting, headache, diarrhea etc. may also accompany the fever. TSS is a l...

Blood Cancer Symptoms

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Symptoms Of Blood Cancer OR Leukemia Symptoms : Its symptoms can differ among patients. • Anemia. Patients would appear tired, pale and respire fast (below ancient red blood cells inflicting less oxygen among the body, resulting in the patient breathes faster to catch up on the fulfillment of oxygen deficiency among the body). • Bleeding. When the platelets (blood clotting cells) are not reproduced with reasonable number as a results of it’s dominated by white blood cells, then the patient will experience bleeding skin dijaringan (number of red wiggler width / minor dijaringan skin). • Esophageal Infections. White blood cells act as a protecting immunity, significantly against infectious diseases. In Patients with leukemia, white blood cells that diterbentuk is not ancient (abnormal) therefore it does not perform properly. As a result the body of the patient liable to infection virus / bacteria, even by itself would reveal complaints of fever, white discharge from the no...

Leukemia Prevention

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Prevention Of Blood Cancer : Like several other cancers, the exact factors which if not avoided would surely cause leukemia are still unknown, but surely preventing risk factors such as smoking, drinking and avoiding hazardous chemicals might prevent the cancer. Avoiding exposure to radiation would also prevent the development of leukemia.