Cancer and Healthy

Leukemia is a form of cancer that arises in the bone marrow of humans. Leukemia is usually caused by the uncontrolled production of blood cells. Those cells produce at astronomical prices are the white blood cells. There are two forms of leukemia, acute leukemia and chronic leukemia. Acute leukemia bone marrow makes it very busy and prevents the bone marrow to produce healthy blood cells. This form of leukemia usually occurs in children and adults long. In children, this is an extremely common cause of death and should be treated immediately. If not treated immediately, the malignant cells will spread to other tissues and organs throughout the body.

Chronic leukemia usually lasts sometimes months or even years to develop in a person's body and progress to the state of acute leukemia. Chronic leukemia is most common in older adults, but there is the possibility that it is in every age group. Once discovered, the treatment is not necessarily needed immediately. Sometimes doctors will wait for treatment to find the best way to check the disease, after its development.

There is no definitive way to prevent leukemia, but the avoidance of risk factors such as smoking, avoiding exposure to chemical substances and preventing exposure to radiation can help prevent the development of leukemia.

Below are the symptoms of leukemia:

• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Swollen tonsils
• Fever, chills, night sweats and other flu-like symptoms
• Bone pain
• Joint pain
• Unintentional weight loss
• paleness
• Weakness and fatigue
• Diarrhea
• Malaise
• Swollen or bleeding gums
• Frequent infection
• enlarged liver and spleen
• Constant headaches

For each type of leukemia, acute and chronic, there are different types of treatments. For acute leukemia patients are treated by induction chemotherapy. Induction chemotherapy is when doctors use different drugs to bring about new bone marrow remission. Treatments also the elimination of all remaining leukemia cells, also called consolidation therapy. There is also preventive therapy. Preventive therapy is the process to prevent the cancer spreading into the brains and nervous system. If the patient does not respond to any of these treatments than doctors recommend a bone marrow transplant procedure. Many cases of acute leukemia can be cured and some of them can not be cured.

For chronic leukemia, there is no definitive cure. Most treatments are combined with chemotherapy drugs and shots of prednisone and prednisolone. Despite the absence of a cure for chronic leukemia, these cases can be controlled for long periods without setbacks.

There are four factors that determine how well the body will respond to treatment leukemia. These four factors are the age of the patient, the percentages of leukemia cells in the blood and bone marrow, the extent to which specific systems of the body affected by leukemia, and if a random chromosome abnormalities in leukemia cells.