LEUKEMIA
Leukemia
this is the type of the blood cancer which is caused by the over production of
white blood cells and suppressed production of red blood cells, the excess
white blood cells infiltrate body organs, for example the liver and the spleen.
The excessive while blood cell produced are immature and abnormal and hence
cannot function in proper ways.
This
causes reduced efficiency in the functioning of these organs and abnormal
enlargement.
There
are different types of leukemia, leukemia is the cancer which affect both adult
and children, however leukemia are most common in children. But according to
the research men are more likely to develop leukemia that women
Treatment
of leukemia can be very complicated depending on the type of leukemia, a patient
must be diagnosed and once the diagnosis is done the patient can be treated and
get better, people with leukemia can live long good life, visit the health care
provider or the doctor for treatment of leukemia.
TYPES
OF LEUKEMIA
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
This
is the cancer that take place in the bone marrow and blood, this cancer spread
very quickly, a patient may need quick medical support otherwise the patient
may not live long.
Acute
Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
This
type of cancer affects the cells that are not fully matured which causes cell
damage and as the result the cell cannot function in their normal behavior, it
is very difficult to treat acute myeloid leukemia, health researchers are still
looking for some new ways to tread this cancer.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
This leukemia is most for adult.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
This
type of leukemia also is most common to adult, a person may live for long time
without noticing any symptom, there are also other types of leukemia which
include hairy cell leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative
disorders.
THE
SYMPTOMS OF LEUKAEMIA
This
cancer is characterized by abnormally high number of white blood cells and
abnormal bleeding, for example nose bleeding, bleeding even from the minor
cuts, extreme body weakness, anemia, as well as throat and mouth infections
that may be recurrent
A
person may experience the excessive sweating at night, bone pain
A
person may get fever or chill
HOW
TO PREVENT LEUKAEMIA
The
risk of getting leukemia can be minimized by maintaining a proper lifestyle
including
Exercising
There
are various of exercise that you can do but the best one are the anaerobic one
which include running, jogging, riding bike, kick box and so
Also
you involve yourself with yoga exercise which are the best one to keep your
body healthier, vigorous activities can also help your body escape many
diseases that accompanied by having too much weight like heart disease for
example heart attack and heart failure
Keep a healthy body weight.
Obesity is one of the factor that trigger many
health problems in the body, so if you are obese get in weight loss programs,
consult a doctor or your health care provider concerning your weigh lose programs
what may trigger leukemia?
Genetic abnormalities or disorder, genetic
makeup can facilitate the improvement of leukemia, these disorder can be inborn
one or slowly deformation throughout the blood lineage.
Too
much smoking, cigarette contain some drugs which affect the body in certain
ways, smoking is something that is dangerous for anyone’s health, it is advised
stop smoking as it can be one of the factor that trigger leukemia.
Other cancers
If
a person had any other cancer sickness this could also lead to leukemia, some
people have cancers in their body but because the cancer is not severe it
doesn’t manifest itself quickly and after sometimes when a person begin to feel
sick then, he or she may be discovered to have some multiple cancer
development.
Exposed to dangerous chemicals
People
who work in the areas where there are so many dangerous chemicals are supposed
to take precautions very serious because they are in danger of getting many health
problems which may include leukemia, it is advised to wear protective clothes
when working in these areas like goggles, gumboots, gloves and so on
Being
exposed to these dangerous chemicals may trigger leukemia the chemicals
include, asbestos, nickel, cadmium, radon, formaldehyde, vinyl chloride and
benzene. These carcinogens may act alone or with another carcinogen to increase
your risk of getting cancer
Radiations
Working
in the area where there is radiation is also considered to be very dangerous,
radiation can penetrate the skin affect body cell and how they function, a
patient who need the help of radiation during diagnosis must have a limited
rule in such matter for example people who need to use x-ray and other forms of
radiation during medical examination are ought to have limitation.
Great
radiation exposer like nuclear reactors, bomb blast, or being exposed to
dangerous materials like uranium and so on these people have a higher change of
getting cancers which include leukemia, for example the Hiroshima bomb
survivors developed variety of body infirmity which include cancers such as
leukemia these impact goes to the children that will be born in the future
Electromagnetic fields
Living
near the power line and exposed to it for long time could increase the risk of
developing leukemia.
Pesticides
If
you are involved with agriculture or any other field that require the usage of
pesticides also the attention is needed, you must escape being too exposed to
pesticides as it can trigger leukemia
Blood disorders
Some
blood complication such as polycythemia Vera, idiopatheic myelofibrosis and
thrombocythemia may increase the possibility of getting leukemia.
When to see a doctor
If
you experience the persisting symptoms for few weeks then it is advice to visit
a doctor or a health care provider, in most cases the symptoms of leukemia may
not be specific so each individual supposed to develop the habit of going to
the hospital for checkup, leukemia is also said to be discovered during blood
test during the body check health checkup
FINAL
ADVICE
Build
the habit to do a fully body checkup at least once or twice a year, if you see
any persisting symptoms that you don’t understand then seek medical attention
before it is too late.