Leukaemia Specialists in Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

What is Leukaemia?

Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and lymphatic system, in which abnormal white blood cells multiply uncontrollably and crowd out healthy blood cells. This disrupts the body's ability to produce normal red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, impairing oxygen transport, immune defense, and clotting. Leukaemia can be acute, progressing rapidly and requiring urgent treatment, or chronic, developing more slowly over months to years. It affects people of all ages, with certain subtypes more common in children and others in older adults.

Causes of Leukaemia

Caused by genetic mutations in blood-forming cells that lead to uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal white blood cells, though the exact trigger is often unclear. Risk factors include prior exposure to radiation or certain chemicals like benzene, previous chemotherapy, genetic disorders such as Down syndrome, and family history of blood cancers.

Symptoms of Leukaemia

Persistent fatigue and weakness, frequent infections, easy bruising or bleeding, unexplained weight loss, fever and night sweats, bone or joint pain, swollen lymph nodes, enlarged liver or spleen, pale skin

Treatment & Types of Leukaemia in Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Treatment depends on the type and stage of leukaemia and typically includes chemotherapy to destroy cancerous cells, targeted therapy drugs for specific genetic mutations, and immunotherapy to boost the immune system's cancer-fighting ability. Stem cell or bone marrow transplantation may offer a cure for eligible patients, particularly in high-risk or relapsed disease.

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