BLOOD DISEASE

Leukemia is about defective blood composition. Quite large numbers of people were affected by the so-called blood disease. Even children and young adults are also prone to get the disease. It is a dangerous kind of disease and most of them did not survive.

Blood is made up of red blood cells. Its responsibility is to carry oxygen for distribution to every segments of the body especially the body organs to be able to function will. The role of white blood cells is to fight all types of infection it may be viral or bacterial.

 The function of the platelet is to avoid the formation of blood clots. They are suspended in a fluid known as plasma. Bone marrow manufactured blood cells. It is a spongy tissue in the center of the bones. The production of blood cells is made in an orderly fashion and in controlled way.

Leukemia occurred when the body is producing larger number of abnormal white blood cells. They are immature and not fully develop. It functioned abnormally kept on living instead of dying off as the cells are normally designed to do.

When abnormal blood cells started to build up and accumulates in high proportion, it interfere the production of normal cells in the bone marrow.

Leukemia was found to have genetic mutation origin in one or more bone marrow cells. This mutation was not developed during the birth of the child. There should be a balance of its normal requirements. If there are few red blood cells produced, it can cause anemia. 

The person has pale face and devoid of energy easily got tired. If the production of white blood cells is low, the body can’t fight off infections from the many foreign materials that entered into the body system. Bleeding will appear if there is lack of normal platelets to control blood clotting.

Leukemia are of many types with different behavioral characteristics. Lymphatic leukemia is if lymphocytes are affected.  If the myeloid cells are damage it causes myelogenous leukemia.

The degree of infection will determine the condition of the victim. If leukemia cells rapidly and abnormally multiply, the condition will develop in matter of weeks or few months. It was now called acute leukemia.

The abnormal replication of blood cells as it slowly accumulates in larger proportion slowly becomes chronic leukemia. The degree of development is gradual and not yet a life-threatening position. But if it left uncheck and untreated it will become an acute kind of leukemia.

Getting leukemia has its signs and symptoms. There is persistent weakness and chronic fatigue. While under physical activity, it causes shortness of breath or hard labor breathing. The lymph nodes in different parts of the body or selected location started to swell. There is enlargement of the spleen or liver. The skin can easily bruise even in slight pressure. Any minor cuts will result to prolonged bleeding or the cuts slowly heal.

Nosebleeds are common. There is swelling of gum or bleeding due to chronic infection. It has frequent infection to affected area in the body. There is tremendous weight reduction. An excessive sweating was visible. If it get serious, there is fever to occur.

Sometimes the victim of leukemia failed to notice his disease due the absence of concrete signs and symptoms. Chronic leukemia has no symptom felt even it already slowly started developing. It went unnoticed even for many years had passed. The time it was known, it was already on advanced stage. Even if there is accompanying fever, it was believed to be ordinary flu but it was not.

To validate suspicion, blood test or bone marrow test is taken. It is to determine what’s happening inside the body. Generally, leukemia can’t be prevented to form. Any age groups can have this deadly disease especially adults over the age of 60 years.

 Its genetic mutation increases to dangerous level if the victim is exposed to environmental hazards like exposure to high radiation, smoking habits, exposure to benzene in unleaded gasoline.

Leukemia can genetically be inherited. The genetic disorder increases risk of Down syndrome. It is also high those undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy due to cancer development.

There is complex procedure in treating leukemia. The doctor has to observe his general condition, his age to handle long term treatment and the kind of symptom he felt. Even if leukemia is considered treated, there is threat of remission and the complete healing is affected. Remission can be expected at any given time if the function of bone marrow will not return to normal. Its treatment is a lengthy process without any hope of complete cure.

Although there are many effective medical procedures to treat leukemia but it is costly and good only to those that can afford.