Leukemia is a type of cancer that is found in your blood cells and blood-forming tissues. This type of cancer can affect the circulatory‚ lymphatic‚ skeletal‚ and nervous systems. Leukemia occurs when your white blood cells uncontrollably reproduce; these cells aren’t fully developed yet. Because of this‚ they are unable to fight infections and can affect the body’s bone marrow’s ability to produce red blood cells and platelets. This happens by abnormal cells crowding healthy blood cells in the bone
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and have heard the remission stories as well as the beeps of heart rate monitors. Things can be going great one day‚ then everything can come crashing down the next. September 9‚ 2017. That was the day my grandma was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)‚ a cancer in which the rapid production of abnormal white blood cells builds up in the bone marrow
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A rummage sale‚ a Jersey Mike’s Subway sandwiches donation drive and also speaking to the community. Also‚ as I had mentioned before a good way to get the community involved and aware of Leukemia is by me speaking to the community. I also recommend that the Hope 4 Daniel Foundation updates their website to make it more user friendly for all ages. Media Coverage There is not a better way to get the word out than using
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children sulfadoxine with pyrimethamine (Fansidar) Cause of Leukemia For most people with leukemia‚ there’s no way to identify what causes it. Symptom of Leukemia A sign of Leukemia are rash ‚ pain and tiredness Treatment of Leukemia reatment of leukemia: 1. chemotherapy to kill leukemia cells using strong anti-cancer drugs; 2. interferon therapy to slow the reproduction of leukemia cells and promote the immune system’s anti-leukemia activity; 3. radiation therapy to kill cancer cells by exposure
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doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.” (Cheeseman‚ 2010).. Kelly Bates is alleging that Alumina Inc is the proximate cause of her daughter’s leukemia. Bates will have to prove that Alumina Inc is the cause of her daughter’s leukemia. Alumina Inc could be found culpable in the development of the leukemia. In order to be successful‚ Bates will have to prove either (1) Alumina Inc owed a duty of care to the her and the public‚ (2) That Alumina breached this duty of care‚
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company and Beatrice Foods) that were alleged to have negligently damaged the environment of a small town to the extent that its practices led to the spread of leukemia. Jan‚ a personal injury attorney‚ decides to represent a woman that claims that her child and other neighbors of a small town in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with leukemia. The lawyer finds evidence that there were some factors that could have led to the contamination of the town’s water supply by the conglomerates’ factory. In
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There are many effects caused by plutonium contamination and radiation exposure. There are many different types of cancer caused by the exposure. There are three main cancers discussed in her book. They include bone or lung cancer‚ brain cancer‚ and leukemia. Bone and lung cancer is a main effect of plutonium contamination in the air if inhaled. After the Mother ’s Day fire in nineteen sixty-nine‚ Rocky Flats began offering tours for the public. During the tour‚ each person receives a respirator and
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Blood Disorders Carl Jones HCA/240 November 20‚ 2011 Lily‚ a 4-year-old Caucasian female‚ has she been complaining of being tired all the time. She is pale and is a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget to feed a large family. Lily eats only pasta‚ breads‚ and hot dogs‚ and she drinks only artificial fruit punch. Lily has iron deficiency anemia. In this first scenario I think that Lily has Pernicious Anemia or else identified as Vitamin B12 anemia. Several
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Jacob Santel Mrs. Potter Reading Down Syndrome(Need different title) This is one of the most interesting genetic diseases in the world‚ and yet there is no cure for it. This disease can affect people drastically‚ or sometimes very little at all. Although there is no way to treat it‚ it can be helped‚ and there are many programs to help. This complex genetic disease is called down syndrome. Down Syndrome has many effects. People with down syndrome usually “look alike.” They usually have
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The transportation of blood is important during Andre’s injury because blood carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. Nutrients are “necessary chemicals for normal body function” (Bullock & Roiger‚ 2023‚ p. 100). If blood is not being transported while an injury is present‚ Andre’s body would decline due to lack of nutrients and oxygen getting to other parts of Andre’s body. Ions‚ which are known as electrolytes‚ are important in blood transportation as well as waste products (Bullock &
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