How to survive with blood cancer or disorders
Cancer is a disease caused by uncontrolled proliferation of cells, which is driven by epigenetic and genetic DNA damages (mutations) in cells. Cancer can affect all individuals of different age groups but the risk tends to increase with age due to accumulation of changes in DNA. Get the blood cancer treatment in Vijayawada from leukemia specialist, Dr. Ravikiran Bobba at blood cancer hospital
What are the types of blood cancer?
Blood cancers are categorized into different types based on their origin and type of the cell
involved:
- Leukemias: Leukemias are group of hematological malignancies originates from bone marrow characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of immature white blood cells from bone marrow. These immature white blood cells are unable to fight infections in the body.
- Lymphomas: Lymphomas originate from glands or nodes of the lymphatic system (immune system) which involve lymphocytes that fight against infections. It can be Hodgkin's lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Visit blood cancer hospital in Vijayawada for lymphoma treatment
- Myelomas: Myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells in bone marrow, fight against infections by generating antibodies.
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What are the causes?
Blood cancers are categorized into different types based on their origin and type of the cell
Factors associated with an increased risk of blood cancer are:
- Aging
- Certain infections
- Weak immune system
- Exposure to benzene, petrochemicals, and radiations
- Familial history of leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndromes
What are the symptoms?
The symptoms for Blood cancer include:
- Fever & chills
- Weakness, Persistent Fatigue, and Malaise
- Loss of appetite, nausea
- Unexplained weight loss
- Night sweats
- Bone/joint pain
- Abdominal discomfort
- Shortness of breath
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Bruising
- Rashes or dark spots on skin
- Bleeding gums
- Frequent infections
What are the treatments for blood cancers?
Blood disorder treatment in Vijayawada depends on the type of blood cancer.
- Chemotherapy uses drugs that act on different stages of cell cycle, which may help treating cancer, prevents from relapse, stops from metastasis and/or delay its growth. It helps to relieve pain and other cancer-related symptoms. Chemotherapeutic drugs given in intravenous (IV) or orally.
- Targeted therapy uses drugs that target the specific genes or proteins within cancer cells and block them from multiplying. This treatment can stop the signals for uncontrolled proliferation of leukemic cells. It is more effective and less harmful to normal cells than other types of treatments like chemotherapy. Targeted therapy administered similarly as chemotherapy. Eg. Imatinib, Dasatinib, Nilotinib, etc. used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia.
- Stem cell transplantation (SCT)/ Bone Marrow Transplantation is a procedure that replaces the leukemia cells in the bone marrow with new healthy stem cells. SCT is of two types namely allogenic stem cell transplantation and autologous transplantation. Transplantation can be used to treat certain types of leukemias, lymphomas, myelomas and other blood and immune system diseases that affect the bone marrow.
- Surgery includes splenectomy i.e. surgical removal of spleen in certain cancers, blood disorders, trauma and infection.
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