No one in this world would ever want to get sick. Getting sick is a hassle, a strain and a very big dilemma. It prevents an individual from doing his activities of daily living. There is no fun at all when people get sick. But no matter how hard we try to hate the idea of being sick, if the immune system is weak and if we have lived a sedentary lifestyle, the chance of acquiring diseases is high.
There is a certain type of illness that we all hate and fear to have and it is so called cancer. Cancer is a deadly disease and it accounts for almost half of the total mortality rate in the whole wide world. It is scary to think that we might have the disease. Only few have survived this health illness and we are still hoping that there will be more who will survive this disease.
Cancer has many types and you need to be aware or perhaps be educated about the different types so you will know the symptoms. Most types of cancer are genetically acquired so if you have relatives who have suffered from cancer, better do some screening so you will know if you too have cancer. It feels like you were hit by the strongest stun gun once you knew you have cancer. Shocking and very heart breaking. Other types of cancer develop because of an individual's diet and lifestyle. Like lung cancer for instance. Smoking is one major cause of lung cancer therefore if you have been smoking for a couple of years, better stop it otherwise you will develop lung cancer.
Leukemia is one type of cancer that all age groups can have. The young and the old are not exempted from this and it is sad to know that many of the little ones have developed and suffered from this type of cancer. Leukemia is characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells and it is one of the most dangerous of blood disorders.
Since leukemia involves blood cells circulating through the body unlike other types of cancer which focus on the body tissues, it is sometimes not considered a true cancer. However, leukemia cells when studied under the microscope behave like cancer cells found in tumors. It affects the blood forming tissues such as the bone marrow resulting in an overproduction of white blood cells.
Symptoms to all types of leukemias include that of fever, weight loss, fatigue, bone pain, anemia as expressed in paleness and an enlarged spleen. Skin lesions may be visible and there is a tendency that it will bleed. Infections may become even more common and the body becomes less responsive to treatment because of a loss of the normal blood cells that are needed to resist the disease similar to losing muscle control to fight back and escape when an attacker or a criminal is hit with a cheetah stun gun.
Biopsy of the bone marrow and careful blood studies helps identifying the disease. The treatment is usually directed toward reducing the size of the spleen and the number of white blood cells in the blood. Antibiotics and administration of chemotherapeutic drugs are the treatment of leukemia. If the cancer patient complies with all of this, life may be prolonged.
So if you know of someone with this type of disease, give support and always stand by his or her side. It is not easy having this type of disease. A cancer victim really needs to be strong and fight hard even though his life is already numbered.
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