Blood Cancer Tips

Cancer like most other diseases has the best rates of recovery with early detection and intervention. As there are no regular health screenings for blood cancer, only the awareness about the early warning signs can save your life. September is designated as the Blood Cancer Awareness Month, to ensure every individual is equipped to fight against blood cancer right from the start. Here are 4 vital facts you must know to win your fight against blood cancer.

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Blood Cancer Awareness Month is observed every September to spread awareness about prevention, early warning signs, and treatment procedures of blood cancer. Like any other disease prevention is better than cure, but it is especially true for fatal conditions such as blood cancer. Here is a list of all the things you can do to ensure you are not a victim of blood cancer.

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Unlike some forms of cancer, blood cancer has no regular screening tests presently. The doctors solely depend on patients coming in with the warning signs before sending them to sophisticated testing centers. Therefore, a large load of early detection of blood cancer lies with us knowing what the warning signs are.

Different forms of blood cancer have different symptoms

There are broadly three forms of blood cancer-

Leukaemia: This form of blood cancer causes abnormali...more

Despite the progress of medical science, the detection of blood cancer is largely dependent on the early warning signs. The diagnostic tests available are often sophisticated and are not included in regular health screenings.

What are the common symptoms?

Fever with chills
Frequent infections
Body aches
Nausea with loss of appetite and weight loss
Low back pain
Weakness and fatigue
Breathlessness
Swollen but painless lymph nodes
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Blood cancer is a complex condition that affects the blood cells and the bone marrow, which is the source of blood cells. Originating in the bone marrow, the affected blood cells grow uncontrolled and are unable to perform the normal functions including combating diseases. This destroys the immune system of the body that can ultimately prove fatal. Since not many people know much about this form of cancer, the Blood Cancer Awareness Month is organized every year in September by Leukemia and Lymp...more

The pancreas is the organ behind the lower part of the stomach. Its main role in your body is to produce enzymes and hormones to control digestion and blood glucose level. Pancreatic cancer occurs when a mass of abnormal cells grow, divide and spread to form a tumour.

Types of pancreatic cancer-

Exocrine - The cancer forms in the ducts of the pancreas; this is the most common form.
Endocrine - These are the rare type. It is benign which means the tumours do not spread t...more

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month - a focused time for advocates and supporters of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to raise awareness both locally and nationally about our efforts to fight blood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and Hodgkin's disease. Science has advanced a lot through the ages. Doctors have also succeeded in curing many diseases at this time. But even with one of the most advanced technologies, they still haven t found a foolproof way to cure cancer. E...more

ब्लड कैंसर को एक जानलेवा और घातक बीमारी माना जाता है. यह एक ऐसी बीमारी है जो व्यक्ति को शारीरिक अंगों के साथ मानसिक रूप से भी प्रभावित करता है. कैंसर कई प्रकार के होते है, जैसे ब्लड कैंसर, लंग कैंसर, बोन कैंसर इत्यादि. यह सभी ब्लड कैंसर को माइलोमा, लिम्फोमा और ल्यूकेमिया जैसे तीन प्रकारों में वर्गीकृत किया जा सकता है. ब्लड कैंसर के मेडिकल डिसऑर्डर है जिसमे कैंसर सेल्स लिम्फैटिक प्रणाली, बॉन मेरो और ब्लड को प्रभावित करती हैं.

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ब्लड कैंसर, रक्त कोशिकाओं में होने वाले कैंसर को कहा जाता है. ब्लड कैंसर की बीमारी में, अस्थि मज्जा बहुतायत मात्रा में असामान्य सफेद रक्त कोशिकाओं को बनाने लगती है, जिन्हें ब्लड कैंसर कोशिकाएं कहा जाता है. ये सफ़ेद रक्त कोशिकाएं सामान्य श्वेत रक्त कोशिकाओं के भाँति काम नहीं करती हैं. ये सामान्य कोशिकाओं की तुलना में तेज़ी से बढ़ती हैं, उनका विकास रुकता नहीं है और सामान्य कोशिकाओं के लिए हानिकारक साबित होता है. आइए इस लेख के जरिए हम ब्लड कैंसर के विभिन्न लक्षणों के बारे में जानें ताकि लोग समय रहते इ...more

Cancer is the most dangerous and harmful disease of the world, which has various reasons to affect the body in any stage of life. This is also the good thing to know that there are a lot of treatments available in the medicine arena which can completely or partially treat cancer. But the individual and the family members of them need to be confident enough with the treatment and expertise of the doctor.

Blood Cancer is a life taking disease and the treatment for it is must. The medicin...more