what's leukaemia?

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explain about that!!how to work?

Answer 1

Leukaemia
What is leukaemia?
It is a cancer of the white blood cells that are made in the bone marrow.

Leukaemia occurs when normal body cells get out of control, multiply and spread.
When our bodies are working normally, the bone marrow makes all the different blood cells we need to keep healthy. It makes white cells to help us fight infections, red cells to carry oxygen around the body and platelets to help the blood to clot properly.

If you have leukaemia your bone marrow makes too many abnormal white blood cells. These can cause problems in a number of ways…

there may not be enough normal white cells left to fight infections - and this can make you very ill


the abnormal cells may take up too much space in the bone marrow, so that the body can't make enough red blood cells and platelets. If you have too few red cells you may become anaemic. If you have too few platelets you may get bleeding problems - from your nose or gums, for instance


the abnormal cells can get into the bloodstream and travel around the body. They may build up in one place, causing problems such as swelling and pain.

http://www.cancernorth.nhs.uk/cancertypes/Leukaemia/Whatisleukaemia

Answer 2

Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells; these cells are produced by the bone marrow. There are a number of different types of leukaemia.

Leukemias are divided into two main groups acute and chronic and then further divided by the type of white blood cell which is affected. Acute leukemias come on suddenly, often within days or weeks, progressing quickly and need to be treated urgently. Chronic leukemias develop more slowly often over many months or years.

There are four main types of leukaemia:

chronic myeloid (CML)
acute myeloid (AML)
chronic lymphocytic (CLL)
acute lymphoblastic (ALL

this site may have more answers for you

http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Leukaemia/Leukaemiaoverview

Answer 3

The symptoms i think would be worse than all that, my cousin died last xmas of Leukaemia. I would maybe go to your doctors and get tested for Diabetes. Diabetes cases tiredness, pain in limbs, and cut skin can take a while to heal. You dont have to have a blood test either,they can do the test with a urine sample as they did me. I have diabetes and i had most of the signs that you are experiencing. xx

Answer 4

In the common language it is Blood Cancer. The white blood corpuscles multiply very fast and choke the system. In fact white blood corpuscles are the real warriors fighting with all bacteria to save us from all ills. In this case it forgets it's role and multiply itself with out any control. The present development in cancer treatment has been very effective in curing this cancer and earlier the detection faster is the cure. The side effects of Chemo therapy had also come down to a great extent.

Answer 5

Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow, the spongy center of the bones that makes blood cells. In leukemia, abnormal white blood cells divide out of control and crowd out the normal cells in the bloodstream. The abnormal white blood cells are not mature, and therefore cannot carry out their infection-fighting function in the blood. These cells crowd out healthy white blood cells, as well as the red blood cells which carry oxygen to the body and the platelets which cause the blood to clot.

What are the different types of childhood leukemia?

The most common type of leukemia in children is acute lymphocytic (or lymphoblastic) leukemia or ALL, which is further characterized as pre-B, B, or T-cell ALL. Childhood acute myeloid leukemia or AML is less common. "Acute" means that the diseases progress rapidly. The chronic forms of these leukemias, CLL and CML respectively, are seen almost solely in adults. In general, acute leukemias are most prevalent in children and are therefore often referred to as "childhood leukemias".

ALL: acute lymphocytic leukemia (pre-B, B, or T-cell). ALL NCI PDQ
AML: acute myeloid leukemia AML NCI PDQ
About 5% of childhood leukemias are distinct types of chronic myeloid leukemias. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML, NCI PDQ) occurs primarily in children aged 2 or under. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL, NCI PDQ) is a distinct subtype of AML. A good starting point for research into these and other less common childhood leukemias is on the cancer.gov myeloid leukemias page.

Answer 6

Basically, blood or bone marrow cancer. Here's a link that can explain far better than I can.....

Answer 7

its a cancer and it fights the whiteblood cells.i had a neice with it,its not a good thing belive me i seen what it did to my neice.she died at 8 years old with it.i really hope you don't have this.and if you do my prayers are with you.

kathy

Answer 8

Its blood cancer. It is sometimes curable depending on stage. U can find more info online Type Leukemia and get details

Answer 9

it is a type of blood cancer where the no of white blood cells increases rapidly......