Leomi The Struggle With Leukemia

THE STRUGGLE WITH LEUKEMIA This essay is going to be about the factors, symptoms, and the medicine you take for the cancer Leukemia. If you don’t know much about Leukemia then stick around and I’ll tell you all about it. The first topic is how it forms, or the risk factors. Leukemia is any of several cancers of bone marrow. It prevents red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets from forming correctly. It results in anemia, which is the increased ability to get an infection and impaired blood clotting. There are several types of leukemia. Some types are; Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia, and Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia affects all lymphoid cells
People with leukemia lose their hair, throw up a lot, they’re weak, and they can’t do the things they were once able to do. Leukemia is a cancer that can be easily cured. Sometimes if it isn’t noticed at the right time it can be fatal. Leukemia has different stages for the seriousness of how the cancer has spread. CML is a cancer that once it reaches the third stage it cannot be cured. They can give medicines out to help slow the symptoms down but in all it will not make it go away. You can get a Bone Marrow Transplant, do Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Biological Therapy, Targeted Therapy, and a Stem Cell Transplant. Chemotherapy is a major form of treatment for Leukemia. That certain kind of procedure uses chemicals to kill Leukemia cells. You may receive single doses, such as a pill every night. It may be a combination of drugs as well. The last option is to have it injected into your veins. Radiation Therapy uses x-rays or other high-energy beams to damage Leukemia cells. It stops the Leukemia cells growth. When doing Radiation Therapy you lie on a table while a large white machine moves around you. It directs the radiation to certain points of your body. Biological Therapy uses treatments to help find and attack the Leukemia cells. Targeted Therapy uses drugs to attack specific vulnerabilities within the cancer cells. Gleevec is a type of medicine used in Targeted Therapy. It stops the action of protein within the Leukemia cells. A Stem Cell Transplant is a procedure that replaces the diseased bone marrow and replaces it with new. Before they start the transplant they give you high doses of radiation and chemotherapy to destroy the diseased bone marrow. If you want to be a donor then you have to be an exact match to the patient. You could be a brother, sister, or even a parent of the patient. Depending on what is contained in your bone marrow and blood cells