facts About Leukemia

Leukemia is surely several separate cancerous diseases, all of which involve an growth in the whole of white blood cells in the blood or in the bone marrow, in which the normal blood cells are replaced by the immature white blood cells.

One of the signs of leukemia is the tendency towards inordinate bruising and bleeding.

What Is Leukemia

People with leukemia often find themselves susceptible to infections more than they have been in the past. This is because the white blood cells which are the blood cells which fight the infections may be suppressed in some way or be unable to function as they usually would. This leaves the victim of leukemia often falling victim to infections such as tonsillitis, sores in their mouths, diarrhea, pneumonia and other infectious diseases which strike their body.

Victims of leukemia often become anemic, suffer from shortness of breath and become unusually pale of color.

Other symptoms of leukemia also include flu like symptoms, headaches, chills, fever and also unexplained weight loss.

Some healing professionals feel that some studies tend to indicate that treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy used to
combat previous cancerous conditions tend to contribute to the amelioration of leukemia in some of its victims.

Some healing professionals also feel that the use of tobacco contributes to that form of leukemia known as acute myeloid leukemia which is often contracted by adults.

There seem to be indications also that genetic ties play a part in determined kinds of leukemia. Many population feel that this is a good discussion why adoption records should be open, at least as far as healing records are concerned, from the very starting and that they be wholly accessible when the adoptee becomes an adult.

Most forms of leukemia are combated with intense regiments of chemotherapy. Some are also treated with radiation, but chemotherapy seems to be the most sufficient and is usually the rehabilitation of choice. Sometimes bone marrow transplants are also used and often have proven successful.

Clinical study of leukemia in all of its forms is being done on a large scale. On the average over two hundred thousand population die every year of some form of leukemia. Although the majority of the victims of leukemia are adults, there are forms of leukemia which strike children and young population as well.

If you theorize that you or a loved one may be suffering from leukemia, don't hesitate, don't put it off, get yourself or your loved one to a doctor. Be checked. If it turns out to be something else, something simple, celebrate. If it turns out to be leukemia, celebrate as well. Celebrate that you didn't wait and that you and your doctor are going to work as a team with a goal of healing for you or your loved one.

facts About Leukemia