Introduction
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and develops in the bone marrow. The bone marrow is the soft, spongy center of certain bones that produces blood cells. Leukemia is a cancer caused due to rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells (WBC) in the blood and bone morrow of the pediatric patient’s body. It is also called as Leukemia blood disorder.
The three major types of blood cells are
• White blood cells - to fight infection
• Red blood cells - that carry oxygen and
• Platelets - that help with blood clotting and stop bleeding.
Leukemia cancer in the patient will make bone marrow to produce excessive amount of cells. Among those cells, white blood cells will be in excessive amount. Most of the cells do not get mature properly which lead to reproduction of few more immature cells. Healthy cells reproduce when there is enough space for them to fit in the blood. The immunity system of body can regulate the reproduction of normal cells by sending some signals. Whereas coming to immature cells doesn't respond to signals and reproduce in excess amount with in short period of time.
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The reproduced cells which produced because of immature cells does not function properly and doesn't stop infection. When this reproduction amount of immature cells overcome the normal white blood cells amount patient experience the symptoms of leukemia (such as infections, anemia, or bleeding).
White blood cells usually defend the infections caused in the human body, due to these abnormality in the blood cells they stop fighting with the infections and leads to insufficient growth of red blood cells and platelets which causes death of the patient.
Leukemia is one of the major cancers in blood which affects approximately 4000 children every year in the USA, on calculation almost every one child among three cancer affected children are effected with Leukemia
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How Leukemia starts is with the DNA of immature blood cells, mainly white cells, that get damaged somehow. That causes blood cells to grow chaotically without stopping like the body tells it to. If you didn't know normal cells die after a while and are replaced by a new one which are produced in the bone marrow. Abnormal cells don't die so easily and that is why when they keep multiplying they occupy more and more space and then the normal cells
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Once these cells become leukemia cells then they no longer mature nor form normally. These cells may reproduce quickly and not die when they should, or can build up in the bone marrow and begin to crowd other healthy cells.
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According to the American Cancer Society (2013) stated, “Leukemia is a cancer that starts in early blood-forming cells” (American Cancer Society, 2013). “Most often, leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, but some leukemias start in other blood cell types” (American Cancer Society, 2013). “Any of the cells from the bone marrow can turn into a leukemia cell” (American Cancer Society, 2013). According to the American Cancer Society (2013) stated, “Once this change takes place, the leukemia cells don’t go through the normal process of maturing” (American Cancer Society, 2013). There are changes that leukemia cells can quickly reproduce themselves and not die when they are suppose too (American Cancer Society, 2013). “They survive and build up in the bone marrow, crowding out normal cells” (American Cancer Society, 2013). “In most cases, the leukemia cells spill into the bloodstream fairly quickly” (American Cancer Society, 2013). “Almost all childhood leukemia is acute leukemias” (American Cancer Society, 2013).
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, is the disease that affects children the most and because of the abnormal cells that are immature white blood cells which cannot help the body fight infections cause children with the disease to often get infections and have fevers (National Cancer Institute, 2002, p. 1). The symptoms that the patient with ALL may have depend on the number of abnormal cells of the patient where exactly the cells collect. Children patients with ALL have low amounts of healthy red blood cells and platelets, which cause less oxygen to be carried through the body because of the lack of red blood cells. Patients at times may look pale, feel weak, and tired causing bleeding and bruising very easily because of their lack of enough platelets. This condition is called anemia. Anemia is very much common in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Fever, fatigue, bone or joint pain, tiny red spots under the skin called petechiae are a couple of symptoms that the disease ALL has. Headaches with, or without vomiting also may occur if patient happens to have abnormal cells collecting in the brain or spinal cord (National Cancer Institute, 2002 para. 2).
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