Signs of leukemia cancer you unexpected

Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow. The normal bone marrow produces white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. Leukemia occurs when the production process orderly this normal is interrupted.

The signs of cancer leukemia you unexpected.

This led to the bone marrow cells that produce juvenile called the leukemia outbreak. The leukemia outbreak will accrue normal marrow cells injection leads to deterioration of normal blood cells.

Causes of diseases

While there are risk factors already known can cause the disease of cancer of leukemia, it is often difficult to determine the exact cause for the majority of patients with leukemia.

The known risk factor is exposure to radiation (e.g. Marie Curie, Scientist discovered the radiation, had died of cancer of the white blood cells), certain chemicals (such as Benzene), certain genetic disorders (such as Down syndrome) and some viruses. Leukemia can also develop in patients who have received a certain type of chemotherapy drug.

The symptoms

Tired

When the incidence of cancer of the white blood cells, the amount of hemoglobin in the body tends to plummet; making them hardly can ensure the task of bringing oxygen to the location in the body.

The result is that sick people facing shortages of blood; experiencing the symptoms such as muscle weakness, less motor power. In addition, the white blood cells often have the need to use more energy than normal.

Sudden weight loss

When infected, though you can enhance many nutritious substances, the risk of loss is still happening as often. The cause is when the WBC in the body increases, it needs to use a large amount of fat.

Headaches, memory impairment

Unlike headaches due to stress or the weather, headaches of Leukemia patients often intense, prolonged aching body feeling included. The reason for this is due to the headaches to brain blood flow and spinal cord is restricted. When headaches occur, the blood vessels. In some cases, patients can suffer complications.

Appearing of bruises, easy bleeding

These are fairly common symptoms of leukemia in children. To detect early, parents should not ignore the small red dots appear on the skin; the bruises when his children definitely do not collide into.

These signs often appear in those positions as fingers, hands, stomach and back.

The skin becomes pale

Looks pale of skin incidence leukemia derived from the increased WBC, "overwhelmingly" red blood cells causes facing the shortage of blood.

Appearance of lymph nodes

The location such as the throat, armpits, abdomen, under the arm ... local lymph nodes are usually "visit". Explain this, the experts that leukemia reduced ability to produce red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets, healthy.

Thus, the body gradually loses the ability to react to infection, injury, leading to the appearance of small lymph nodes.

Frequent fevers, infections

Although the cancer leukemia or chronic are reducing the resistance of the body, causing fever. In addition, patients also suffer more infections than when healthy.

In addition to the above symptoms, you should also not ignore the signs of leukemia such as night sweats, bone pain, or abdominal pain.

Treatment

The treatment leukemia is depends on the type/kind of leukemia. The different treatment modalities include chemotherapy, biological therapy, immune adjustment methods, stem cell transplants and radiation.=

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