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Leukemia

Leukemia is a type of cancer of the bone marrow or the blood characterized by an abnormal increase of the white blood cells. People with leukemia may bleed excessively, easily become bruised or develop pinprick bleeds.

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How long has leukemia been around?

Leprosy has been well documented in Bible historical accounts. Now a days it is rarely seen. in the related links box below I posted an site of the world helth organization that will let you know how easy it is treated today as opposed to the Biblical days when there was no cure for it.
You can be sure that leprosy could be among the oldest real bad deseases along human history.

What are facts about leukemia?

Every four minutes, a person is diagnosed with blood cancer.

Every ten minutes, a person dies from blood cancer.

One third of blood cancer patients are children and teens.

Is leukemia a cancer of the bone marrrow?

Bone marrow cancer is defined as the cancerous growth of cell or malignant cells which develop in the blood forming cells of the bone marrow which is the soft tissue in the center of the bones in the body.

It is important to note that bone marrow cancer includes leukemias, multiple myeloma, and others.

How many different kinds of leukemia are there?

Chronic and Acute. Chronic worsens slowly, acute worsens quickly. Chronic leukemias are Chronic Lymphoblasitc Leukemia andChronic Myeloid Leukemia. Acute leukemias are Acute Lymphoblastice Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

When is leukemia noticeable in an individual?

Our pediatrician first suspected our 4 year old daughter to have leukemia after she continued to have infected sinus colds with fever that would not clear up with antibiotics. He ordered an IGAM & E blood test that showed she did not have leukemia, but that she had allergies. However, in my case, I have experienced head colds and/or allergy symptoms for years and was just diagnosed with CML (Chronic Myleod Luekemia) last year (2006). The last time my blood count was normal was in 2001. I complained to my doctors for years that I ached all over, but they never addressed it. I just chalked it up to the aging process and when I needed relief I just took some OTC pain meds. Currently, my treatment consists of a daily oral medication called Gleevec. I have to had a bone marrow biospy done every year. I see an oncologist every six months to see how I'm doing and to check my blood counts; twice per year he likes to do a Philledelphia Chromozome blood test.

How much percent of leukemia patients have been cured?

There is no current cure for Leukemia yet, but they are treatments.Chemo therapy, etc. If you diagnose the cancer early, you might be able to survive though. About 60/50/40 percent survive. Its usually a fifty fifty though.

Is hairy cell leukemia chronic?

There is a debate in the medical community whether any cancer can be so called "cured". However, it can most certainly be treated. Some cases to do not even need treatment to become well, but others will require some chemotherapy or other treatments.

Can leukemia be mistaken for mono?

I don't know about leukemia being mistaken for mono, but when my mom had mono, it was so severe that it was mistaken for leukemia.

Is white blood count of 13.4 mean cancer?

is 13.1 a normal range for white blood count

What does Leukemia foundation do?

The Leukemia foundation is an organization set up to research cures for Leukemia. They also provide care for families who have loved ones with the disease.

How do you contract leukemia?

There is no way to contract Leukemia or determine how it is caused thats something scientists are still trying to figure out. My daughter is a Leukemia Surrivior and all I can tell you is that in a child the most common age to be diagnosed is between 4 and 7yrs old. Leukemia happens when there is a increased number of immature white blood cells in the blood . The child can feel Tired, have aches and pains, sometimes you will see a rash on there skin from a decreased number of platlets also they can have increased bruising difficulty breathing or wheezing .. Sometimes Lukemia can be misdiagnosed as Asthma because they share some of the same symptoms. Its good to get Blood Work for your child exspecially if there sick for a extended period of time just to make sure or if they seem to get frequent colds or fevers. Its very hard to diagnose cancer in kids because it can mimic many childhood illness.

Can liver cancer cause leukemia?

Liver function tests indicate the health of the liver or biliary system. It can be raised by anything causing a structural or functional disruption.
If leukaemia (or lymphoma) has infiltrated the liver then the tests will be abnormal.


But abnormal tests are not specific for leukaemia and can be caused by many things.

Is leukemia cancer increase or decrease?

it has increased more that it decreased

What is the main cause of aplastic leukemia?

Aplastic anemia is a disease where the bone marrow is damaged and not working properly causing low counts in red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Anything that damages bone marrow could cause this type of disease including: radiation/chemotherapy, exposure to hazardous chemicals like benzene or pesticides, certain medication treating arthritis and some antibiotics, autoimmune disorders, viral infections and pregnancy. For all the cases that have unknown origin, they classify this as idiopathic aplastic anemia. Many cases have no known cause.

How does chronic lymphocytic leukemia affect your kidneys?

There are four major types of leukemia:

  • Acute
  • Chronic
  • Lymphocytic
  • Myeloid -In acute leukemia, the bone marrow cells don't mature properly. These immature cells continue to reproduce and crowd out normal cells. Some types of acute leukemia respond well to treatment and many patients are cured. Other types have a less favorable outlook.

    In chronic leukemia the cells look mature, but they are not really normal and they can't fight infection they way they should. Also, the cells live too long, build up, and crowd out normal bone marrow cells.

    Lymphocytic and myeloid (or myelogenous) refer to the different cell types from which leukemias start. Lymphocytic leukemias develop from lymphocytes in the bone marrow. Myeloid leukemia mainly develops from other types of white blood cells such as granulocytes or monocytes.Because leukemia does not usually form tumors, imaging tests are not always helpful. Imaging studies might be done in people with ALL, but they are done more often to look for infections or other problems rather than for the leukemia.

What happens after a relapse of leukemia?

Normally at this point the best treatment is a bone marrow transplant.

Why does leukemia effect the body system?

Leukemia is a kind of blood cancer. It affects bone marrow and you cannot make more blood cells. Blood cells are the one that fight against the antigen and protects the body. People with leukemia will have less or minimum protection and will be prone all kind of infection.

What is leukemia?

Childhood leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells in children and teens. There is formation of abnormal white blood cells n the bone marrow which crowd out the healthy cells. Lack of healthy white blood cells cause infection and other problems.

What is Acute Lymphatic Leukemia?

Acute lymphatic leukemia means you have chest and blood cancer together.............

that's really a painful sickness. you can die.

So all of us should be healthy by eating vegetables and praising God.

God will heal you if you believe in him.

He can take that sickness away like for 1 second only.

Read the bible the you'll know the truth.

Remember that god loves you.

How do you cure chronic lymphocytic leukemia?

I don't know, but I just found a video on a rather promising clinical trial of a new treatment:

http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-huntsville-cancer-trial-creates-miraculous-results-20110526,0,5138146.story

have limited [one patient]experience with:

green tea

mullaca

for a year or more now seemingly totally healed

MULLACA TINCTURE

(tinctura Physalis angulata)

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Can leukemia cause you to throw up blood?

If you are currently on chemotherapy for Leukemia it is definitely possible to cough up blood, and there could be other complications as well. You need to contact your health care provider ASAP!!!

How many people get leukemia year?

In 1998, the trend supported that every year 30,800 people will be diagnosed with some form of leukemia. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=12712476&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google