Summary
If you are informed at the medical examination that your blood has ‘leukaemia’, what exactly does that mean?
Bad blood cells
In our blood we have little things called ‘blood cells’, comparable to tiny workers that help bring food and fresh air to all parts of the body. There are even special blood cells that protect the body from negative factors that can make people sick. But with leukaemia, some of the blood cells stop doing their job: these bad cells grow and multiply, and crowd out healthy blood cells, damaging the body.
How it feels
Leukaemia sometimes makes you feel tired and sick, you may have a fever or get injured easily. You are more susceptible to colds or even infections when you are near other people who are sick. With Leukaemia it can become difficult to carry out usual daily activities.
How to treat it
The primary care doctor gathers information about the progression of the illness and suggests the administration of a specific medication. This is delivered into the bloodstream through a tube to target the diseased cells. It may be necessary to visit the doctor multiple times to receive this medication.
Other methods may be employed, such as special X-rays, to combat harmful cells. By strictly following the specialist’s recommendations, the treatment can lead to significant improvements in the body.
Overview
The doctor says your blood is making you sick. You have “leukemia.” What does that mean, exactly? Well, let’s find out.
Bad blood cells
In our blood, we have tiny things we call “blood cells.” They’re like little workers that help carry food and fresh air to all the parts of our bodies. There are even special blood cells that help protect us from things that make us sick. But with leukemia, some of your blood cells stop doing their jobs.These bad cells grow and multiply, and they crowd out the healthy blood cells. This isn’t good for yourbody.
How you feel
Leukemia makes you feel tired and sick sometimes.You can have a fever. Your body can hurt. And, youcan get a cold or infection easily when you’re around other people who are sick. It can be hard todo the things you like to do when you have leukemia.
How we treat it
So, how do you get better? Well, we can give youspecial medicine. You go to the doctor to get it. Itgoes through a tube and into your blood, where ithelps fight the bad blood cells. You may need to goto the doctor many times to get this medicine. Your doctor may use other things, like special X-rays, tofight the bad cells, too. By doing what the doctor says, you can help your body feel better.
