Blood is essential part of body. It has different components which are RBC, WBC, Platelets and Plasma. Plasma is the liquid part of blood. RBC is also called as monocytes and the WBC as the lymphoid. Lymphoid are more affected by diseases in children. Blood cancer is also called as Leukemia, which actually disturbs the normal functioning of the blood and in the end weakens the whole system. It is of two types Acute or Chronic. Both blood and urine test are conducted to get the insight about the disease. This is very important to know the stage of the disease.

Causes

There are various reasons due to which a person can fall prey to the cancer of the blood. These are

Weakened immune system – this may be happen to a person because of variety of reasons such as the use of drugs in case of any other disease, radiations such as radiotherapy and disease which directly affect the immune system such as HIV.

Contact with the chemicals which primarily composed of benzene like petrol and other solvents used in rubber industry, for a long period of time.

Also certain genetic disorders also are the reasons for this like Fanconi anemia.

Treatment

There are varieties of way by which this problem can be addressed. There are many theories involved in this to cure the disease. First is to destroy the blood cancer cells and another is to stimulate the growth of new blood cells in the body. The type of treatment is dependent of your case history and current situation.

Radio immunotherapy is used on the first theory. In this an immunotoxic is injected in the patient’s body. Immunotoxic is primarily a hybrid molecule formed by an antibody coupled with a toxin. The antibody in the immunotoxic locks on the cancerous cells protein and delivers the toxin to the cell. In this way the cancerous cells are removed in the precise way and the side-effect on the other body part is almost negligible.

There are medicines which are based on the second theory. These are termed as growth factors. They stimulate your body to produce more blood cells. This type of treatment must be follow with the advice of doctors because medications have both the good and bad effects. It depends on your current stage which a doctor knows better. So consult the doctor before taking any treatment.