Leukemia

 **Leukemia **   No one knows exactly what cause any type of leukemia**.(1)** Leukemia is cancer in the blood that developes in the bone marrrow. It is the most common cancer found in children. **(2)** There is four ways to classify leukemia. You can classify it by what type of white blood cell it affects, and by how rapidly it developes.    ** Bone Marrow ** The bone marrow is a soft spongy center of your bones. There is three types of cells it produces. The three types are white blood cells, they fight infection; red blood cells, which carry oxygen; and platlets, that help with clotting and stops bleeding**.(3)** When you have leukemia the bone marrow starts to make abnormal white blood cells, they are called leukemia cells. Leukemia cells grow faster and don't stop growing, like normal white blood cells .(**4 ) **  There is four ways to classify leukemia. One way to classify leukemia is by how fast the cells develope and get worse. Another way to classify leukemia is by what white blood cell the cancer effects. Lymphocytic and myebgenous leukemia classifys what type of white blood cell is effects. Lymphocytic effects lymphoid cells, and Myebgenous effects myeloid effects. Acute and chronic leukemia is classified by how fast the leukemia speads. This is the main classification **.(5) **  **Chronic Leukemia** Early in this disease abnormal cells still function the way they're supposed to. When you have chronic leukmia you may not notice any symtoms right away. Chronic leukemia gets worse slowly and then the number of leukemia cells increase and that's when your symtoms start to appear**.(6)** ** Acute Leukemia ** <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 70%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Unlike chronic leukemia, the abnormal cells don't function how they're supposed to. The number of abnormal cells increase rapidly. Acute leukemia worses quickly and you start to notice the symtoms right away. If you have acute leukemia you should be treated as soon as possible. **(7)** <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**<span style="font-size: 140%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Symtoms ** <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff; msobidifontsize: 12.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">1. //<span style="color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Fevers or night sweats // <span style="font-size: 90%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">2. // Frequent infections// <span style="color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">3. //Feeling weak or tired// 4. // headaches // 5.// Bleeding and bruising easily// 6.//Pain in the bones or joints// 7. //Swelling or discomfort in the abdomen from an enlarged spleen**(8)**// <span style="font-size: 170%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**<span style="font-size: 140%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Treatment ** <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">A stem cell treatment is when they put an IV in you and it gives new stem cells that help your bone marrow. Stem cells help make white blood cells, red blood cells, and pallets. Without these, your bone marrow won't work right. Bone marrow can be found in your blood also.(9) You can also get a bone marrow transplant. A bone marrow transplant is when they distroy your old bone marrow and replace it with new bone marrow. There is also different types of therapy like, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.(10)
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<span style="font-size: 70%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 140%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**References** <span style="color: #9b00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">1. <span style="color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__Leukemia__.2009. Medicine Net. 10 Feb.2009<http://www.medicinenet.com/leukemia/article.htm> <span style="color: #ff8700; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">2.__Leukemia__.2009.UCSF.18Feb.2009<http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/medical_services/cancer/leukemia/>

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