I don't know why i'm asking this but, i am really scared of catching leukemia. I don't want to have it. Can you tell me any vital signs or something please.
2006-06-06 11:37:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
What is leukemia?
Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. Blood cells are made by your bone marrow, which is the soft tissue in the middle of most bones. In leukemia, the bone marrow starts making too many white blood cells, and sometimes these cells don't work right. These cells keep growing when they are supposed to stop. They also grow faster than your other cells. Over time, these abnormal cells crowd out your normal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Your white blood cells help your body fight infection. Your red blood cells make sure all your body parts have the oxygen they need. Your platelets keep you from bleeding too much. When the leukemia cells crowd out your normal cells, your blood cannot do its job. You may bleed or bruise easily, get sick more often, and feel very tired.
Are there different types of leukemia?
There are four main types of leukemia. Acute leukemia gets worse very quickly. People with acute leukemia often feel sick right away. Chronic leukemia gets worse slowly, and you may not have any symptoms until later on in the illness. Those two kinds of leukemia are divided according to which kind of white blood cells are involved, lymphocytes or myelocytes.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is the most common leukemia in children. Adults also get it.
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). AML affects both children and adults.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). CLL is the most common leukemia in adults, especially older adults. Children almost never get it. It mostly affects people who are older than 55.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). CML occurs mostly in adults.
What causes leukemia?
Experts do not know what causes leukemia. They do not know why some people get it and others do not. It is likely that the different types of leukemia have different causes.
Research has shown that some people may be more likely to get leukemia. A risk factor is anything that raises your chance of getting a disease. Risk factors for leukemia include chemotherapy treatment, being exposed to large amounts of radiation or some chemicals in the workplace, and smoking and tobacco use.
Most people who get leukemia do not have any risk factors.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms may include:
Fevers and night sweats.
Frequent infections.
Weakness and fatigue.
Headaches.
Bruising of the skin and bleeding from the gums or rectum.
Joint pain.
Swelling in the belly or pain on the left side of the belly or in the left shoulder from a swollen spleen.
Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck, or groin.
Decreased appetite and weight loss because you feel full and don't want to eat.
The chronic forms of leukemia often cause no symptoms at first.
How is leukemia diagnosed?
If your doctor thinks you might have leukemia, he or she will ask questions about your past and present symptoms, do a physical exam, and order blood tests.
If your blood tests are not normal, a test of cells from inside your bone marrow, called a bone marrow biopsy, is usually needed to diagnose leukemia.
How is it treated?
Treatment depends on what kind of leukemia you have and how far along it is. Treatment can range from watchful waiting to a bone marrow transplant. Usually it includes chemotherapy and sometimes radiation treatments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learning about leukemia:
What is leukemia?
What causes leukemia?
How can I prevent leukemia?
What are the symptoms of leukemia?
What increases my chances of getting leukemia?
How common is leukemia?
What happens in leukemia?
Being diagnosed:
How will my doctor diagnose leukemia?
What is a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy?
Getting treatment:
How is leukemia treated?
What type of medications will I need to take?
Will I have to have radiation therapy?
What is a bone marrow transplant?
Ongoing concerns:
When should I call my doctor?
Living with leukemia:
What can I do at home to relieve the symptoms of leukemia or the side effects of treatment?
End-of-life issues:
How can I prepare for end-of-life issues?
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2006-06-06 11:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by susie101lc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant catch leukemia.symptoms result from the body not producing enough healthy blood cells. Healthy bone marrow makes stem cells that grow into the three types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. An AML patient's bone marrow makes too many blast cells (immature white blood cells). Normal blast cells turn into a type of white blood cell called granulocytes, but the leukemia blast cells do not. At the same time, the marrow cannot grow enough normal red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Someone with too few red blood cells (anemia) may:
· Feel tired
· Be short of breath
· Look pale
Someone with too few normal white blood cells and too many leukemia blast cells may:
· Develop a lot of infections, for example, a sore throat
· Experience pain in the bones or joints
· Have a mild fever
Someone with too few platelets may:
· Bleed easily, such as swollen and bleeding gums, frequent nose bleeds or cuts that bleed for a long time
· Bruise more easily than usual
· Develop pin-head sized spots under the skin
· Develop cuts that heal slowly or do not heal
Some people with AML, however, do not notice any symptoms. Their AML may be discovered only during a blood test.
Leukemia Diagnosis
AML is diagnosed by examining bone marrow and blood samples under a microscope. By examining the appearance of the leukemia cells, the sub-type of AML can also be diagnosed. AML has seven sub-types, which are based on the type of blood cells affected. .....do you think any of us with cancer wonts to have it...
2006-06-09 18:27:06 · answer #2 · answered by purple 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What is leukemia?
Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. Blood cells are made by your bone marrow, which is the soft tissue in the middle of most bones. In leukemia, the bone marrow starts making too many white blood cells, and sometimes these cells don't work right. These cells keep growing when they are supposed to stop. They also grow faster than your other cells. Over time, these abnormal cells crowd out your normal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
Your white blood cells help your body fight infection. Your red blood cells make sure all your body parts have the oxygen they need. Your platelets keep you from bleeding too much. When the leukemia cells crowd out your normal cells, your blood cannot do its job. You may bleed or bruise easily, get sick more often, and feel very tired.
Are there different types of leukemia?
There are four main types of leukemia. Acute leukemia gets worse very quickly. People with acute leukemia often feel sick right away. Chronic leukemia gets worse slowly, and you may not have any symptoms until later on in the illness. Those two kinds of leukemia are divided according to which kind of white blood cells are involved, lymphocytes or myelocytes.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is the most common leukemia in children. Adults also get it.
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). AML affects both children and adults.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). CLL is the most common leukemia in adults, especially older adults. Children almost never get it. It mostly affects people who are older than 55.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). CML occurs mostly in adults.
What causes leukemia?
Experts do not know what causes leukemia. They do not know why some people get it and others do not. It is likely that the different types of leukemia have different causes.
Research has shown that some people may be more likely to get leukemia. A risk factor is anything that raises your chance of getting a disease. Risk factors for leukemia include chemotherapy treatment, being exposed to large amounts of radiation or some chemicals in the workplace, and smoking and tobacco use.
Most people who get leukemia do not have any risk factors.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms may include:
Fevers and night sweats.
Frequent infections.
Weakness and fatigue.
Headaches.
Bruising of the skin and bleeding from the gums or rectum.
Joint pain.
Swelling in the belly or pain on the left side of the belly or in the left shoulder from a swollen spleen.
Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck, or groin.
Decreased appetite and weight loss because you feel full and don't want to eat.
The chronic forms of leukemia often cause no symptoms at first.
How is leukemia diagnosed?
If your doctor thinks you might have leukemia, he or she will ask questions about your past and present symptoms, do a physical exam, and order blood tests.
If your blood tests are not normal, a test of cells from inside your bone marrow, called a bone marrow biopsy, is usually needed to diagnose leukemia.
How is it treated?
Treatment depends on what kind of leukemia you have and how far along it is. Treatment can range from watchful waiting to a bone marrow transplant. Usually it includes chemotherapy and sometimes radiation treatments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learning about leukemia:
What is leukemia?
What causes leukemia?
How can I prevent leukemia?
What are the symptoms of leukemia?
What increases my chances of getting leukemia?
How common is leukemia?
What happens in leukemia?
Being diagnosed:
How will my doctor diagnose leukemia?
What is a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy?
Getting treatment:
How is leukemia treated?
What type of medications will I need to take?
Will I have to have radiation therapy?
What is a bone marrow transplant?
Ongoing concerns:
When should I call my doctor?
Living with leukemia:
What can I do at home to relieve the symptoms of leukemia or the side effects of treatment?
End-of-life issues:
How can I prepare for end-of-life issues?
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2006-06-06 11:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by rakovica.blinks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont catch Leukemia you can be born with the genes that cause it ,if your so worried go and see your doctor and get blood tests done .
2006-06-07 21:15:04 · answer #4 · answered by rudd_linda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leukemia can be treat ted have trust on 'god' and give your self some time to get good info on the inter-net, be open minded and dig in to a good info from out there,don't get stock by doctors diagnostics and doctors medications only, give your self a chance remember this, a lot of people die on doctors care and at the hospital,get the help you want,you will get better and healthy soon. may god be w/u...w/love always.
2006-06-07 06:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya,
Please don't look at that list and automatically think i have leukemia.
I have worried about this for about a year but i suffer from OCD and so i worry about a lot of things.
If you are worried do a blood test with your doctor and let him/her put your mind at rest.
Please dont visit any pages on the internet relating to this disease as i can guaruantee you it will not make you feel better only worse.
Hope you feel better.
2006-06-06 12:47:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't catch leukemia like you catch a cold or flu. It's not transmissible, don't sweat it.
2006-06-06 14:24:33 · answer #7 · answered by Taffy Saltwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u do not CATCH leukaemia. it just happens.
people who lose a lot of weight without previous plans or get really tired for no particular reason should check with their doc about cancer. it could also occur unannounced.
why aren`t u afraid that a car could run into u, while u are on the sidewalk?
relax and enjoy life! good luck!
2006-06-06 11:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by Ot! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't catch leukemia. Doesn't happen.
2006-06-06 13:31:57 · answer #9 · answered by kanajlo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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