Blood cancer and its characteristics

• April 19, 2024

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), science has classified 20 types of blood cancer that affect humans. The malignant alterations are needed in some of the components that make up the blood fluid.

The leukemia , the non-Hodgking lymphoma and the myelodysplastic syndromes represent a significant cause of death by Cancer . In the United States alone, more than 11,000 people die each year from said diseases .

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , Angelica Cruz , medical manager of Eli Lilly , explain what is the leukemia , its characteristics and the main treatments:

Know the conditions associated with cancer

For their part, experts participating in the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 53rd Annual Meeting, warn three conditions associated with Cancer of the blood . Among them are:

1. Anemia: It is characterized by: fatigue , Headaches , heart palpitations, dizziness , pallor of the skin and lack of breathing .
2. Neutropenia: It is the severe reduction of granulocytes (cells that make up the blood ) the diagnosis is made when there infections recurring, ulcers constant in the mouth and fever .
3. Thrombocytopenia: It is the small amount of platelets in the blood . It occurs when there is excessive bleeding from the nose, gums (when the teeth are washed) and bruises or bruises frequent and anywhere in the body.

Learn why neoplasia is generated

In accordance with Roberto Ovilla Martínez , haematologist at the Ángeles Lomas Hospital and current president of the Mexican Association of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, blood cancer it occurs because some of its components have an error.

"The composition of the blood It has various specialized types of cells that circulate in it; and one of the main functions of the blood fluid is to oxygenate and provide nutrients to the whole body, "warns Ovilla Martínez.

In a very general way, the cells of blood in red and white, the first ones are also called erythrocytes and they are in charge of transporting the oxygen ; On the other hand, white or leukocytes attack any microorganism that seeks to make your body sick.

In addition, platelets help the coagulation blood when there is any external or internal wound.

The specialist points out that "... The white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets in turn have different components and when one of them has a serious mutation, then it is said that there is blood cancer ”.

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