| Cancer in any form is a deadly disease. But when it | | | | commonly seen to occur as an attachment to this |
| affects the most vital components of the body then | | | | deadly disease. |
| their fatality increases manifold. One such type of | | | | The people living in areas prone to radioactive waste |
| cancer is cancer of the blood, technically known as | | | | disposal and activity are most common targets of |
| leukemia. Blood is the most important tissue of the | | | | leukemia. Overexposure to radioactivity causes the |
| body. It is the connective tissue which carries and | | | | cells to mutate and function abnormally. The children |
| supplies oxygen and other vital elements to the | | | | who are diagnosed with Down syndrome have a high |
| remotest parts of the body. The importance of | | | | probability to develop leukemia. Over exposure to |
| blood can be understood by the fact that it is the | | | | Benzene, the industrially important hydrocarbon is also |
| most important of all the connective tissues which | | | | a known cause of blood cancer. The abnormal cells |
| provide the nutrients and other vital elements to the | | | | are easily detected under the microscope. Thus the |
| body. | | | | doctor suspicious of such a disease advises the |
| The most dangerous feature of leukemia is that it is | | | | patient for a bone marrow examination. The onset |
| related to the blood which has access to almost all | | | | can be detected by the swollen lymph nodes of the |
| body organs including the all important brain and heart. | | | | body which are commonly found in armpits, around |
| The incidence of cancerous cells being carried to the | | | | the neck and at the thigh. |
| different parts of the body increases drastically due | | | | Chemotherapy is the most effective but a very |
| to this fact. Another striking aspect of the blood | | | | painful way of killing the cancerous cells. The patient |
| cancer is that it affects the leukocytes or the "white | | | | is subjected to drugs orally. The patient undergoes |
| blood corpuscles" of the blood. These are the ones | | | | tremendous pressure as he is injected with lot many |
| that protect the body from external infections. Thus | | | | chemicals at a time. Another treatment is through the |
| the immunity of the body is seen to decrease | | | | radiation. It is also very treacherous way of getting |
| drastically due to leukemia. The main effect of the | | | | treated. The patients are seen to loose hair and |
| disease is that the body starts producing infected | | | | texture of skin. |
| and abnormal cells that hinder the function of blood | | | | Leukemia though very dangerous is still curable and |
| i.e. carrying of oxygen. | | | | the research in the field is also being done on an |
| A patient suffering from leukemia is seen to loose | | | | extensive basis. Proper treatment at the right time |
| weight due to anemia. This happens because the | | | | can prevent the reflux of this disease. Methods like |
| cancerous cells are unable to carry the hemoglobin | | | | bone marrow transplant, which may be required at a |
| properly which is the chief source of iron to the | | | | later stage, are also effective in treating the patient. |
| body. And due to that the body looses all vitality. | | | | Above all to over come with the disease a person |
| The situation of the patient becomes vulnerable | | | | needs to be loved and supported by all. Leukemia is |
| because the brain also starts to dysfunction due to | | | | fatal disease but life is mightier then it. |
| infected blood. Headache, night sweats etc. can be | | | | |