Disease Diary
Have you ever heard of leukemia? Leukemia is a rare cancer of blood cells. Some forms of leukemia are more common in kids, while other forms of leukemia occur mostly in adults. This type of cancer usually involves your white blood cells. White blood cells are infection fighters and grow and divide in an orderly way.
How does this happen? Every day millions of cells are made in your bone marrow, most of them red cells; but, when you have this rare cancer in your body it makes more white cells than needed.
What are the symptoms? Some symptoms are poor blood clotting, anemia, chills, fever, night sweats, flu-like symptoms, nausea, headaches, and maybe losing a lot of weight in a short amount of time. All of these symptoms could due to other illnesses, a leukemia diagnosis can be only confirmed by a doctor trained in that field.
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Some risk factors might be if you have down syndrome, if you smoke, artificial ionizing radiation, genetic predisposition, if it cancer runs in your family, and rare maternal fetal disposition.
Is there a helpful treatment for this horrible disease? All the various types of leukemia will affect each different patient in a different way, therefore their treatment will depend on what type of leukemia cancer they have. In order to get the most effective treatment the patient will have to go to a facility with doctors who have experienced this and are trained in this
When World War 1 began in 1914, the United States was neutral and wanted to remain that way because their chief objective was to continue doing business with Great Britain, France and Russia (Keene, Cornell & O’Donnell, 2013). By remaining neutral, America would benefit from all sides. We know that this would cause hatred among other nations. However, what really caused the United States to part-take in the war was the “sinking of the Lusitania ship by a German submarine.” This was a British Passenger ship that was transitioning from New York to the British Islands and had crossed into the war-zone. This was not a mistake as what was described in that driver who took the wrong turn, ending the lives of Archduke Francis and his wife that started the initial war 1 (Keene, Cornell & O’Donnell, 2013, p. 595). Was that ship smuggling ammunition and other contraband on board the passenger ship? If this is true, we can see how the heart of man is very brutal; the love of money is the root to all evil. America had to find a way in protecting their loan to Britain. Overall, one can say, if Archduke had given Serbia its independence from Australia to a Slavic state, would there be a World War 1 (DeVry University, 2016)
The colonists needed to be concerned about their firearms because of the immense diversity of Indian tribes that could range from welcoming and peaceful to just extremely warlike and hateful. There were some Indian tribes who had distasteful collisions with colonists in the past or just saw them as a future problem and would kill them on contact. The Indian tribes that had this custom of killing tended to be very hardened warriors who were very skilled with their weapons. This meant that the only thing separating these colonists from being flayed alive was the fact that they were almost a 1000 years ahead of the natives in technological advancements.
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).
Leukemia is caused by mutations in the bone marrow cells. The cell does not develop properly into a normal mature white blood cell, and becomes cancerous. Abnormal white blood cell is unable to perform its functions. At the same time abnormal cells begin actively proliferate. As a result, the number of cancer cells increases, and they begin to displace healthy cells. This leads to anemia, bleeding, and infection.
Leukemia is cancerous disease that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causes large numbers of blood cells to be produced and enter the blood-stream (National Cancer Institute, 2008, para. 1). It is one of many complicated cancer diseases that affect all ages and have very negative outcomes if not treated properly, and on time. Within the disease are several different types that affect according to how quickly the disease develops and attacks the body. It could be classified as chronic leukemia, which has a slow progress of getting worse or acute leukemia which usually gets worse quickly. The types of leukemia also can be grouped based on the white blood cell that is affected (National Cancer Institute , 2008, p. 1).
Leukemia is a cancer that affects the bone marrow. The bon marrow is the soft spongy center of the bone that produces blood cells. Leukemia is found in white blood cells or leukocytes. The white blood cells help to fight ff infections and other diseases. Normally, cells produce in an orderly way, but people that have leukemia the cell production gets out of control. The marrow produces too many immature white blood cells called blasts. They are differently shaped and can’t carry out their usual duties.
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Leukemia, a word that means white blood, is a form of cancer that affects exactly what its name says; the white blood cells in your body. There are many different types of leukemia; some types are more common in adults, while some types are found mainly in children. Leukemia can range in severity and can affect people of all ages. During this paper we are going to explore the anatomy of leukemia, as well as the physiology. We will also learn about the statistics behind this disease, and any possible treatments.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a fast growing cancer. It is found mostly and children and can be cured easier than in rare finds in an adult. ALL is caused by a mess up in the person's DNA. This "mess-up" causes cells to continue growing and dividing producing more useless cells. People with genetic disorders are likely to obtain this cancer. Also, siblings are likely to have this cancer, in particular, twins.
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is one of the most dangerous bone marrow diseases with an initial chronic stage lasting for 3-5 years. It changes to a very fast phase called accelerated phase and then to the blast phase in which it leads later to death1. Besides (CML) is a type of cancer that affects the blood cells by raising the level of the immature white blood cells (leukocytes) in the bone marrow and which leads later to circulate in the blood stream. These crowded immature blood cells do not perform their vital role in defending the body against infectious organisms properly, and that leads to leukaemia disease progression.2, 3
Red cells or RBCs is the most abundant cell in the blood. It starts in the bone marrow but then move to the bloodstream. They contain hemoglobin and carry oxygen around your body. Red cells get their color from the hemoglobin that is in them. White cells or WBCs isn’t
All of the sudden, they are always tired and weak. The patient has a small appetite and may frequently get nosebleeds. Also, they can become cranky and unresponsive because of certain symptoms such as difficulty breathing and flu-like signs. They may frequently complain about pain because of the swelling in the lymph nodes, liver, or spleen as well as easily bruising and painful joints (Peacock, 2000). Living with leukemia can be very difficult especially for children and teenagers. Firstly, physical appearances are very important to teenagers. Going through certain treatments, such as chemotherapy, can cause hair loss and major changes in weight. In addition, their faces may be puffy and red. This can immensely lower self-esteem. Secondly, most teenagers are looking forward to graduate high school and become more independent. A leukemia patient has to be more dependent on their parents and doctors. It is very likely that the patient begins to show anger and resentment, as they feel confined. On the positive side, some patients believe they were happy to have people care for them. Some even felt as if they grew closer to their parents. Thirdly, it is difficult for a leukemia patient to maintain friendships. They miss a lot of school to actually keep in touch with others. If friends make plans outside of school, the person with leukemia may feel to tired to join in. They can also easily pick up infections and colds in crowded areas such as restaurants and concerts. On the other hand, some patients are lucky to have friends who stick by them at the hospital and have a closer friendship. Next, actually meeting all graduation requirements and maintaining high grades is hard due to illnesses and treatments, which cause many absences. Lastly, the future for these teens is very unclear. They constantly fear relapsing and even death. Some even get to a point where they see no point of planning for the
Leukemia cells are abnormal; they cannot help the body fight off any infections. Leukemia takes down your immune system very fast. With this in affect people who have leukemia do get many infections. The patient may also have too few healthy red blood cells and platelets. In acute leukemia the patient develops symptoms suddenly, and are diagnosed when they go to the doctor because they feel sick. In chronic leukemia, symptoms may not appear for a long time. When the symptoms do appear they are mild at first but gradually get worse. Some of the common symptoms are fever, flu-like symptoms, weakness, infections, loss of weight and appetite, easy bleeding/bruising, tiny red spots underneath skin, sweating mainly at night, and bone or joint pain.
Leukemia is the cancer of white blood cells and acute leukemia is when the white blood cell is affected by cancer. There are two types of white blood cells: Lymphocytes and Neutrophils (teachers notes). Only 9300 people are diagnosed with it every year in the UK. Of those 9300, 2942 people have acute leukemia, showing it’s very rare. The risk of developing leukemia increases with age and is most common with people over 70 years old (cancerresearch.com, 2016).
For those who don't know, Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that attacks blood cells, and blood forming tissue. It starts out as one, but rapidly reproduces into things called immature atypical WBC (White Blood Cells). There are many different forms of Leukemia, each with their own unique problems. Acute Myelogenous, Acute Lymphocytic, Chronic myelogenous, Chronic Lymphocytic, and hairy cell leukemia are the most common kinds of Leukemia. “AM is the most common kind of Leukemia for adults”. While AL is the most common leukemia for children, nearly half of the cases are. CL is most common for the elderly 70 and up. This specific cancer has few or no significant symptoms, however it is still dangerous because it's an older person(Leukemia). Leukemia is curable, and are multiple ways in doing so. What makes Leukemia cells different than normal blood cells? They don't die unlike normal ones that die when damaged, or old. Because of this they just continue to multiply and add up (What). Many types of doctors are able to help cancer patients with Leukemia. Soon there will be many more ways to help