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Leukemia, the prefix "leuke" means white blood,Leukemia is when you haev to many white blood cells.
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What kind of blood fight disease?
White Blood cells help fight disease. You can get a type of cancer if you don't have enough white blood cells.
What cells that fight disease?
White blood cells
Where did the disease leukemia get its name?
Leukemia was named in 1845. The name refers to the fact that it generally affects white blood cells, and comes from the Greek leukos ("white"), and haima, ("blood")
What are the risks of a patient with the least number if white blood cells?
A low amount of white blood cells will cause an increase in illness and disease. This is because white blood cells are used to fight disease and illnesses. Everyday, thousands of bacteria and viruses enter the body and the white blood cells fight the them. With a lower count of white blood cells, you are more susceptible to disease as your body won't be able to fight the disease as efficiently.
These are the cells which fight disease in the body?
white blood cells
What are the cells which fight disease in the body?
These are white blood cells.
What are blood cells that fight disease?
White Blood Corpuscles are the cells in the blood that fight diseases.
Does your body is protected from disease by red blood cells?
no. white blood cells and antibodies
What disease is it when you have more red blood cells than white blood cells?
Leukemia.
Are white blood cell pathogen?
No white blood cells are not pathogens, they protect the human body from pathogens.
What disease will appear if there is an elevation of white blood cells?
White blood cells increase in number to fight an infection or 'disease'. It is part of the body's immune response.
Which component of blood helps fight disease?
Langerhan's Cells (also called epidermal dendritic cells) -They are phagocytes that ingest foreign substances and help to activate our immune system.
