NOTES+Leukemia+ABBC

=RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || Home Cause Effect Treatment Prevention Other MLA Notes How do you get the disease - genetic? lifestyle? Can you 'catch' it? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || what causes leukemia || more common in children between 2-6 disease-56% guys, 44% girls Risk factors: brother/sister with leukemia, certain genetic disorders and having had radiation/chemotherapy, some chemicals Atomic bomb experiences/doctors who experience x-rays its not contagious nor hereditary. || =QUESTION:= || The effects of the disease on your body, including signs and symptoms || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || effects, symptoms of leukemia || Normal white cell count is 4-10 thousand; a certain Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia patient had up to 266 thousand white blood cells
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || health care specialists, "Leukemia." __UCSF Children's Hospital__. 08 May 2007. The Regents of the University of California. 18 Mar 2009 . ||
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Symptoms include feeling tired and weak, inability to fight off disease, improper clotting of blood following injury, loss of energy, night sweats, extreme fatigue, gets dizzy, constant pain in joints and bones, sick all the time from colds, swelling in neck and armpits, pale complexion, feels warm often, || =QUESTION:= || What is the treatment for the disease? Is there a cure? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || How do you treat Leukemia, leukemia treatment || in 2004, a study proved th at stem cells were a viable option for treating leukemia chemotherapy is using chemicals to treat a disease. chemotherapy is different for acute and chronic leukemia uses radiation from xrays or radioactive materials to target specific areas of the body. often most effective treatment for most forms of leukemia, also the most dangerous if the patients new cells launch an attack on old cells, patients body may reject new cells, If you still have healthy bone marrow, it may be transplanted other parts of your body- autologous transplant you can get bone marrow from yourself, an identical twin, or close relative or someone who has similar blood cells, it may be close enough to reduce risk of rejection. only have a 30-40 percent can find a good match if related, but if unrelated it could be one in ten thousand. bone marrow has the most successful rate for ALL 5-year survival rate for children with ALL is 81% while AML is 43%. when you include the adult survival rate, it decreases to 58% for ALL and 14% for AML. CLL is 71% and CML is 32%. || =QUESTION:= || Can you protect yourself from getting this disease, or make choices that will reduce your chances of getting it? || Leukemia by Dorothy Schainman Siegel and David E Newton || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || how do you prevent it || Don't go near radiation sites or toxic wastes often because it may lead to leukemia. Don't work with benzene, a chemical which increases your chance of leukemia antibiotic chloramphenicol and the painkiller phenylbutazone are suspected to increase the likelihood of getting leukemia Some drugs used to cure cancer can also cause leukemia People born with other genetic disorders are more likely to get leukemia. children under the age of three with down syndrome are 14 times as likely to get leukemia Also, if a twin before the age of one gets acute lymphocytic leukemia, the chances that the other twin will get it is almost 100%. also, do NOT stand in front of microwaves because electromagnetic fields tend to increase chances of getting leukemia. also, electric power lines || =QUESTION:= || What types are there? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || different types of leukemia || there are over 20 different types of leukemia they are distinguished by how fast it develops acute leukemias are very fast, the second type of leukemia is chronic, it develops much more slowly in acute leukemia, you need effective treatment quickly the four most common types of leukemia are ALL, CLL, AML, CML they stand for acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia. people with chronic leukemia can still lead a healthy life for several years, because the body continues to produce normal blood cells, unlike acute leukemia, where immature white blood cells overwhelm the bone marrow, blood stream and lymph system. people with chronic leukemia often have too many mature white blood cells, instead of/in addition to immature white blood cells 80% of children with leukemia is ALL, so it is sometimes called childhood leukemia. ||
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