Blood Cancer

Blood Cancer

Blood cancer or leukemia is a malignancy in organ maker of blood cells in the bone marrow that is a failure in the production of blood cells are normal. 

The number of blood cells that exist and circulate in the body may be normal or excessive, but the shape and ability are not the same as normal blood cells.

What is the cause

The exact cause of the failure to produce normal blood cells is unclear but thought to be caused by a virus.

Risk factors

Several factors are thought to influence fektor include genetics, exposure to radioactive rays and viral infection that affects the bone marrow. From the statistical data obtained 85% strike adults and men affected battery more than women.

Clinical symptoms

Clinical symptoms may be seen in patients with leukemia are tiredness, paleness, appetite dropped or lost, bone and joint pain, enlargement of the gland, enlargement of the liver or spleen and manifestations of bleeding such as bleeding spots or easy bruising or bluish arise impact on the affected skin, bleeding from the nose or bleeding from the gums.

Treatment

Patients with leukemia should be treated regularly to the hospital's hematology diseases in sub section. If the leukemia is quickly detected and modern medicine can prolong patient life expectancy. If the patient so pale to hemoglobin in blood is very low then it should be given blood trasnfusi. Treatment may be given drugs that aim to eradicate leukemia cells or in an advanced stage can also be bone marrow replacement surgery. Patients should be maintained so as not exposed to other infections because of cancer that attacks the blood cells that makes the body's defenses are low and the patient becomes susceptible to infection hit by

Prevention

Trying to minimize the existing risk factors such as exposure to radioactive rays.

Bibliography

capita medical selekta III edition, media Aesculapius, jakarta, 2000

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