LEUKEMIA
by Valentina Becerra Castillo
1. CONSEQUENCES
1.1. Long-term side effects are those that appear during treatment and persistence after the treatment ends, such as sterility or memory loss. Delayed side effects are symptoms that appear months or years after the end of treatment, such as heart failure, osteoporosis, psychological problems and second cancers.
2. TREATMENT
2.1. The treatment for leukemia depends on many factors. The doctor determines your treatment options for leukemia based on your age and general health, the type of leukemia you suffer from and whether it has spread to other parts of the body, including the central nervous system. Like chemotherapy, biology and directed therapy and radiotherapy.
3. SUGGESTIONS
3.1. The best prevention for this type of cancer is to change your lifestyle, such as changing your eating habits, exercising daily, avoiding alcohol, not smoking, drinking lots of fluids, and Consuming enough green leafy vegetables on a continuous basis to help formation of red cells (red blood cells)
4. GLOSSARY
4.1. SPREAD: EXTEND AS FAR AS
4.2. MARROW: UNCOUNTABLE (SUBSTANCE INSIDE BONES)
4.3. LYMPHOCYTES: WHITE BLOOD CELL
5. DEFINITION
5.1. Leukemia is a cancer that originates in the cells that make blood from the bone marrow, which is the softest part of the inside of certain bones. Most often, leukemia is a cancer of cells called white blood cells, but some leukemias start in other types of blood cells. The different types of leukemia are:
5.1.1. Acute lymphocytic leukemia: In this type of disorder, the condition is found in lymphocytes, the cells that normally fight infections.
5.1.2. Acute myelogenous leukemia: Is a cancer of the blood in which the bone marrow produces an excess of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell that normally fights infections.
5.1.3. Chronic myelogenous leukemia: It is a cancer of the blood, rare in children, in which the bone marrow produces an excess of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell that normally fights infections.