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