What is Leukemia

Everyone's living circle is very small, and leukemia patients are rarely seen in real life, but there are often real leukemia patients on TV. Leukemia is very scary and is called blood cancer by many people. There is no age limit for the onset of leukemia. Anyone from newborn babies to the elderly can be affected. The treatment of leukemia requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Many leukemia patients lose everything they have and still cannot save their lives.

Many leukemia patients can recover through treatment and return to normal life. What kind of disease is leukemia? Is it that the human body's blood, which was originally red, turns white? The following introduces what kind of disease leukemia is.

Leukemia is a malignant tumor of the hematopoietic system. It manifests as a decrease in the production of normal blood cells, qualitative and quantitative abnormalities in peripheral blood leukocytes, and progressive, uncontrolled abnormal proliferation of leukocytes and their immature cells (i.e., leukemia cells) in the bone marrow or other hematopoietic tissues, infiltrating and damaging various tissues, and producing different symptoms. Leukemia can be divided into the following types according to the course of the disease and cell morphology:

(1) Acute leukemia progresses rapidly, and the bone marrow and peripheral blood are mainly composed of abnormal primitive and immature cells. The natural course of the disease is usually within 6 months. Acute leukemia is divided into: A. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL); B. Acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (NSL). Including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute monocytic leukemia (AML).

(2) Chronic leukemia has a long course, and the bone marrow and blood are mainly composed of mature abnormal cells, followed by immature cells. The natural course of the disease is usually more than one year. Chronic leukemia mainly includes: chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); hairy cell leukemia; and prolymphocytic leukemia.

(3) Special types of leukemia such as hypoproliferative leukemia, chloroma or granulocytic sarcoma, eosinophilic leukemia, alkaline granulocytic leukemia, etc.

Leukemia is a disease that seriously endangers everyone's life and health. The cause of leukemia is still not very clear, but everyone should develop good living habits in daily life, wash hands frequently, change clothes frequently, open windows for ventilation frequently, do not smoke, do not drink, do not eat rotten fruits and vegetables, and often eat foods that can enhance immunity.