Cancerous formation can attack any organic system of the human physiology. As part of blood cancer, the rapidly multiplying cancerous cells are found attacking the different aspects of the circulatory system. Besides blood and
the lymphatic system; the bone marrow can also be the focus of attack.
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| Types of Leukaemia : |
 The Leukaemia can be grouped based on how quickly the disease develops and gets worse and thus divided into two types :
- Acute Leukaemia : the rapid
increase of immature blood cells is known as acute leukaemia. This
accumulation of excessive immature blood cells hinders the reproduction
of healthy blood cells by the bone marrow resulting into the stage of
blood cancer. This form of leukaemia occurs in children and young
adults mainly. This rapid reproduction therefore requires immediate
treatment else it spills over into bloodstream and spreads to the other
healthy organs of the body. This is most severe form of blood cancer.
- Chronic Leukaemia : The
excessive formulation of comparatively mature, but still abnormal blood
cells in human body is characterised as chronic leukaemia. These cells
reproduces at much higher speed than normal cells which results into
formulation of many immature blood cells in the blood. It comparative
affects the old age people than the young. The chronic leukaemia at
times is monitored for before prescribing the treatment. The chronic
type of leukaemia can easily be diagnosed during routine medical check
up.
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| Symptoms of Blood Cancer : |
In
the case of blood cancer the bone marrow is damaged, which results into
lack of blood platelets. These blood platelets are important for the
process of blood clotting therefore in the patients suffering from blood
cancer becoming bruised; bleeding excessively or developing pinprick
bleeds are common features. Other main symptoms of the disease include :
These symptoms include fever, chills, night sweats.
- Headaches
- Vomiting
- Loss of muscle control
- Swollen or bleeding gums
- Enlarged liver
- Infections frequently
- Pain in the bones
- Swollen tonsils
- Paleness
- Extreme weight loss
Depends on the rate of metastasis.
There are different yards sticks to distinguish blood cancer into
different stages according to the symptoms of prognosis and rate of
metastasis.
Four different phases of chronic leukemia.
The first phase is marked by an enlarged presence of lymph nodes.
This happens owing to the spurt in the count of lymphocytes. The risk
level at this stage is intermediate because at this stage of prognosis,
the cancer is yet to spread and affect
other physical organs.
The second stage is marked by the enlarged presence of spleen as well
as liver; in addition to that of the lymph nodes. If not both the
organs, at least one of them apart from lymph nodes is affected at the
second stage. There is a massive swing
in the growth of lymphocytes. The risk level is still moderate.
The next stage or the third stage is marked by the development of
anemia. The aforementioned organs are still likely to remain swollen. In
general two or more organs are likely to be affected at the third stage
of cancerous development.
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| Treatment of Blood Cancer : |
The choice of treatment depends mainly on the following factors:
- The type of leukemia (acute or chronic)
- Patient's age
- Whether leukemia cells were found in your cerebrospinal fluid
Blood cancer is rather a cluster of
cancers developed in the blood cells and therefore the patients with
leukaemia requires special treatment. The special cancer centres can
only meet those special needs. The treatment of blood cancer is a
complete program which the patients have to follow in order to achieve
best results. These include :
- Chemotherapy : This is the first method to destroy those leukaemic cells by the usage of anti cancer drugs.
- Interferon therapy : This is
effective to slow down the rate of reproduction of the leukaemic cells
and helps the immune system to build sufficient anti- leukaemia
activity.
- Radiation therapy : This therapy is effective to kill cancer cells with the process of exposure to high-energy radiations.
- Stem Cell Transplantation : This procedure is required in order to enable treatment with high doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
- Surgery : The surgery is
performed for the removal of an enlarged spleen or to install a venous
access device to give medications and withdraw blood samples.
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