leukemia
Is a type of cancer that grows white blood cells and multiply in can not be controlled and also called the disease (leukemia), which grow white blood cells, abnormal and invade tissue and blood, and stops her bone marrow production of normal cells, leading to poverty blood.
Symptoms:
1. Enlargement of the spleen.
2. Enlargement of the liver with enlargement of lymph Alimfawih.
3. Anemia of infection and ease any inflammation.
4. Bleeding fast from any place of the body, especially the gums.
5. Recurrence of infection.
Causes:
1. Exposure to industrial materials such as gasoline.
2. Exposure to chemical drugs.
3. Exposure to high rates of radiation.
4. Infection with certain viruses in childhood.
5. There are some genetic disorders, as in Duane's syndrome children with Down's Syndrome.
6. A defect in the chromosomes.
Diagnosis:
1. Analysis of the blood work and have a private screening of white blood cells.
2. Taking a sample of bone marrow.
3. Taking a sample of cerebrospinal fluid through a needle between the dorsal vertebrae.
Methods of Treatment:
1. Chemotherapy.
2. Radiation therapy to the entire body.
3. Undergo a bone marrow transplant.
Methods of prevention:
Taking care not to exposure to radiation or exposure to chemicals that cause cancer.
Types:
1. Acute lymphocytic leukemia Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL).
2. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
3. Granular acute leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
4. Chronic granulomatous leukemia Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML).
