When Eddy two years of age, her parents discovered irregularities in his eldest son. "The palm of his hands and feet pale white. There does not appear as reddish blotches generally, "
They then took Eddy to the hospital. Initially diagnosed with severe anemia. However, after being given the drug, the pale is not lost. Also often fever and red spots appeared on her skin so mistaken dengue fever.
Through blood tests, doctors discovered leukemia in Eddy's body.
Since 2008, Eddy treatment. By a doctor, he recommended to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Changing nature
Cancer is one of the most feared disease. When someone is diagnosed with cancer, is imagined in the mind is the high cost of treatment, the pain is incredible, until the shadow of death.
The cause of cancer is still mysterious. He explained that, in general, there are two major groups of cancers, namely cancer and cancer dense liquid.
Solid cancers grow in the form of a lump which can occur in all organs of the body. As cancer liquid called blood cancer (leukemia). Leukemia occurs when bone marrow produces white blood cells (leukocytes) to excess. Some white blood cells that changed character to become malignant. As a result, white blood cells that should be "soldiers" to protect the body put pressure on platelets (platelet) and erythrocytes (red blood cells).
Because the flow with blood, white blood cells to spread, including to the brain, gums, skin, bone, liver, spleen, and testis.
The attack white blood cells that raged could be seen as symptoms. If levels of erythrocytes in the blood is low, the child will look pale. Other symptoms, the child has a fever again and again. Meanwhile, low levels of platelets causes bleeding, both in the skin, gums, or nose. Platelets play a role in blood clotting.
When children have all three of these symptoms, at least two symptoms, suspect leukemia. To confirm, do blood checks, which check the amount of hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying red blood cells), leukocytes, and platelets.
In advanced stages, when cancer cells begin to spread to internal organs, the child will experience cramps, swollen gums, bone pain, enlarged abdomen because her heart broken and testes enlarged and hard.
If parents find any suspicious symptoms in children, do not hesitate to check their child to the hospital. "If the negative result of cancer, parents can rest easy. But, if it turns out there are cancers, at least, can be detected early on, "
Leukemia is the highest ranked of the number of cancer cases in children.
Leukaemia can strike children of various age groups, ranging from young children until about the young adults, even adults. In children, leukemia may occur even after the child was born.
What factors can cause a child to develop leukemia until now not yet certain. However, there are risk factors that cause a person likely to develop leukemia, the genetic factors and unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking or exposure to cigarette smoke. Unhealthy eating habits, which contains chemicals, also increase the risk of children affected by leukemia.
Lifestyle that they want to influence the pattern of fast-paced food and beverage consumption. Parents and children now wants very practical. They prefer to consume foods and beverages that are ready to eat than to cook yourself.
In fact, food and beverages in this package, if consumed continuously, will have an impact on health. Packaged foods usually contain preservatives, artificial sweeteners, and synthetic flavoring which are all made from chemicals.
Poor environmental conditions can also increase the risk of children affected by leukemia. Children who are more often exposed to electromagnetic waves of high voltage power lines, exposed to radiation, and lived in polluting the environment more at risk of contracting cancer.
Advances in technology
Although the disease is still difficult to cure leukemia, but still there are chances of recovery if since the beginning of white blood cells that raged this can be detected. When the white blood cells of the type of lymphocyte, the opportunity is greater healed. However, if that raged is the kind of monocytes that form larger pieces of lymphocytes it is more difficult to cure.
At the outset, attempts to kill blood cancer cells is by chemotherapy, which provides anti-cancer drug in patients. These drugs can be given by way of being swallowed, injected directly into blood vessels, muscle, under the skin or in between two vertebrae.
Still many people are afraid to face chemotherapy. Chemotherapy not only kills cancer cells, but also other cells are healthy.
Consequently, the impact of so-called side effects. Side effects commonly arise include nausea, severe vomiting, diarrhea, mouth sores, hair loss, sensitivity to sunlight, infections, fever, and difficult defecation.
However, treatment technologies are now able to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, among others, there are drugs to cope with nausea, vomiting, and severe pain arising from cancer attack.
The drugs are given depending on how severe nausea, vomiting, and pain felt by patients. For high levels of pain, for example, doctors usually give morphine in low levels.
Source: Lusiana Indriasari; health.kompas.com
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