What is an acute leukaemia?

[Mataracy]

Acute leukaemia is commonest in children but can occur at any age. The onset is usually sudden with fever,pallor and purpura.
There may be bleeding from the nose or from the mouth and general symptoms of severe anaemia with fatigue and loss of strength. When the blood is examined under the microscope,the total white count is usually vastly increased and the cells are immature and abnormal.

The treatment of acute leukaemia has become more successful but more complex, so that children with leukaemia are beat treated in special units expert in the latest forms of treatment and the complications arising from them.

The aim of treatment is to use drugs which destroy all abnormal cells in the blood and bone marrow, without providing too toxic to healthy tissues and cells. In acute lymphatic leukaemia this can be achieved in the majority of cases by using intravenous injections of vincristinevwith prednisone tableta taken by mouth.
Further courses of cytotoxic drugs such as methotrexate or cyclophospamide are then given,sometimea with the additional use of radiotherapy. This treatment has greatly improved the outlook in acute lymphatic leukaemia;many patients are still healthy more than 10yeaes after the start of the illness and there is hope of achieving a complete cure. The outlook is less favourable for acute myeloid or acute monocytic leukaemial.

 

[Sodiq]

Acute leukemia is a deadly disease, they are more fatal and deadly than chronic leukemia. Human can have chronic leukemia for years without knowing, not even symptoms but in the case of acute leukemia the reverse is the case. Acute leukemia is a cancer of the blood which affect your blood and making the bone marrow to generate excess white blood cells ( WBC ) which are not needed in the body. And this white blood cells occupied most of the space in the blood and leaving little space for the red blood cells and platelets.

Contrast to chronic leukemia,which progress at a very slow rate, acute leukemia spread very quickly, and can be highly dangerous within a short period of time if proper treatment is not use to counter it. However, There is no proven causes of leukemia, but scientifically, there are some certain risk factors that can leads to leukemia which includes environmental factor and genetics factors. Smoking as well can increase chances of developing leukemia.

Acute leukemia cells are also less differentiated than chronic leukemia cells. What this means is that acute leukemia cells have started to proliferate out of control before they’ve matured, and they can’t perform their normal functions.

 

[Cynthia Moran]

Acute leukemia, also known as acute myeloid leukemia (AML), is a type of blood cancer that affects the white blood cells and results in the death of normal mature blood cells containing hemoglobin. It occurs most often in adults older than 50 years and less frequently in children. The types of acute leukemia are characterized by a high number of blasts (immature cells) rather than mature red blood cells in the bone marrow. Acute leukemia is cancer of the blood and bone marrow, including lymphoma. The RoyalVibe Health therapy center helps the patients to overcome leukemia by using different types of therapies. Reach out today with RoyalVibe Health to learn how a holistic approach can help you overcome leukemia and move forward in life. The main types of acute leukemia are acute monocytic leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia and hairy cell leukemia.