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Luekemia is a cancerous (malignant disease) of the blood or bone marrow, "(soft tissue found in the hollow interior of the bone.) It is characterized by an uncontrolled growth of cells, usually white blood cells. Luekemia the word means "white blood", which was derived by luekemia patients' high white blood cell count. An excessive amount of cells can interfere with other cells, creating a very harmful disruption of the blood count. There are four different categories of luekemia:

* Acute Lymphocytic Luekemia (ALL): This type Luekemia is a rapidly progressing disease that is the most common type Luekemia for kids. But it does occur in adults, especially those older than 65 years.

* Chronic lymphocytic Luekemia (CLL): This type luekemia (chronic) is progressing more slowly than most acute and affects people over 55 years of age. Once in a while will occur in a young adult, but very rarely in a child.

* Acute myelogenous Luekemia (AML): more joint action by an adult or a child.

* Chronic myeloid Luekemia (CML): occurs mainly in adults and sometimes in children.

Some statistics to consider:

* To this day 218,659 people living with luekemia in the United States.

* Luekemia affects about nine in 100,000 people per year.

* It is expected that 21,790 deaths in the United States are caused by Luekemia.

* Once the diagnosis luekemia, the five-year survival is 42 percent.

* The estimated number of deaths caused by Luekemia in the U.S. are about 30 percent higher for men than women.

* Adults are 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with luekemia than children, especially the elderly.

* Around 515 children under the age of 14 are expected to die Luekemia.

* Children under the age of 4 have a greater chance of developing luekemia than older children.

Symptoms:

Damage to the bone marrow will lead to a deficit level of platelets which is important for blood clotting. This means that people with luekemia possible problems with bruising, excessive bleeding, and petechiae. Petechiae is a small, red or purple stain on the body caused by a minor bleeding. Other common symptoms of those responsible Luekemia are:

* Weak immune system

Anemia *

* Fever, chills, and night sweats (like flu).

* Easily fatigued and weak.

* Swollen and bleeding gums.

* Frequent infection

* Bone and joint pain

Dizziness *

* Swollen tonsils