Tuesday, March 13, 2007

People with Acute myelogenous leukemia

Leukemia is an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood. One of the most dangerous and incurable cancer. AML, (acute myelogenous leukemia) is the most common type of leukemia where the blood cells are malformed and useless. The cells can accumulate in parts of the body.

Peoples who is infected with the disease (Acute myelogenous leukemia) are mostly are age above 65 years old. It is very rare to find people who is under 40 years old infected with this disease. The leukemai symptoms of acute myelogenous leukemia include abnormal blood counts, a general run-down, unwell feeling that never gets better, reoccurring infections, swollen lymph nodes, and bone/ joint pain. Symptoms are acute (comes on suddenly, and accelerates quickly) instead of chronic (mild symptoms that gradually worsen over years).

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