leukemia Part II

Symptoms

Like all blood cells, leukemia cells travel through the body.
If the brain is affected, they may have headaches, vomiting, confusion, loss of muscle control, or seizures. Leukemia also can affect other parts of the body such as the digestive tract, kidneys, lungs, heart, or testes.


in conclusion, leukemia will effect whole body system....T__T
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Diagnosis

Doctors sometimes find leukemia after a routine blood test. 
You may have one or more of the following tests:

• Physical exam: Your doctor checks for swollen lymph nodes, spleen, or liver.
• Blood tests: The lab does a complete blood count to check the number of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Leukemia causes a very high level of white blood cells. It may also cause low levels of platelets and hemoglobin, which is found inside red blood cells.
• Bone marrow aspiration: The doctor uses a thick, hollow needle to remove samples of bone marrow.
• Bone marrow biopsy: The doctor uses a very thick, hollow needle to remove a small piece of bone and bone marrow.

• Cytogenetics: If abnormal chromosomes are found, the test can show what type of leukemia you have. For example, people with CML have an abnormal chromosome called the Philadelphia chromosome.
• spinal tap: Your doctor may remove some of the cerebrospinal fluid (the fluid that fills the spaces in and around the brain and spinal cord).
• Chest X-ray: An x-ray can show swollen lymph nodes or other signs of disease in your chest.

Treatment

The options of treatments are watchful waiting (Not getting cancer treatment right away), chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biological therapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell transplant.
The choice of treatment depends mainly on the following:

• The type of leukemia (acute or chronic)
• Your age

1. Whether leukemia cells were found in your cerebrospinal fluidThe goal of treatment is to destroy signs of leukemia in the body and make symptoms go away. (This is called a remission.)
2. After people go into remission, more therapy may be given to prevent a relapse. This type of therapy is called consolidation therapy or maintenance therapy. 
3. stem cell transplants offer some people with chronic leukemia the chance for cure. 

"actually there is no cure for leukemia patient" , it's just can make the symptoms go away but the cancer cells still in the body! T_____T the most dangerous cancer is leukemia which effect whole body system because it involve blood in our body!! Only MIRACLE can cure the leukemia!

 Let us pray for those leukemia patients to be more stronger to fight the disease & hope for the miracle to happen... =>