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Leukemia 101: What You Need to Know About

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




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