Leukemia
Cancer of the blood cells is known as Leukemia, which most commonly form within the bone marrow. In people with Leukemia, the blood cells that have not yet matured become cancerous and overpower the cells that are healthy within the bone marrow.
Although Leukemia is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in children below the age of fifteen, it is actually more common in adults. There are two different types of this cancer: acute, which tends to develop and worsen quickly and chronic, which grows more slowly and worsens over a longer period of time. Prognosis depends on which type of Leukemia the individual has and also which type of blood cell it affects. More specifically, lymphoblastic leukemia occurs in a person’s white blood cells (known as lymphoblasts) while other types develop in the red blood cells whose job it is to carry oxygen from a person’s lungs to other parts throughout the body, and the platelets whose job it is to clot blood
Some of the most common Leukemia symptoms include: unexplained fatigue, weakness, weight loss, fever and/or chills, the swelling of the lymph nodes, pain and tenderness in the bones, and easy bleeding/bruising.
