leukemia is disease of the blood making organs, characterized by an abnormal increase of the number of white coruscles.it is a blood cancer .

Those white blood cells crowd out the red blood cells and platelets that body needs to be healthy. The extra white blood cells don’t work right.

 SYMPTOMS OF LEUKEMIA

Different types of leukemia can cause different problems;

• Weakness or fatigue
• Bruising or bleeding easily
• Fever or chills
• Infections that are severe or keep coming back
• Pain in your bones or joints
• Headaches
• Vomiting
• Seizures
• Weight loss
• Night sweats
• Shortness of breath
• Swollen lymph nodes or organs like your spleen

CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS

causes leukemia is unknown.

we can’t prevent leukemia, but certain things may trigger it. we might have a higher risk :

• Smoke
• Are exposed to a lot of radiation or certain chemicals
• Had radiation therapy or chemotherapy to treat cancer
• Have a family history of leukemia
• Have a genetic disorder like Down syndrome

PROCEDURE:

Blood has three types of cells: white blood cells that fight infection, red blood cells that carry oxygen, and platelets that help blood clot.

Every day, bone marrow makes billions of new blood cells, and most of them are red cells. When we have leukemia, your body makes more white cells than it needs.

These leukemia cells can’t fight infection the way normal white blood cells do. And because there are so many of them, they start to affect the way organs work. Over time, may not have enough red blood cells to supply oxygen, enough platelets to blood clot, or enough normal white blood cells to fight infection.

• Acute leukemia when its happen most of the abnormal blood cells don’t mature and can’t carry out normal functions. It can get bad very fast.