What are the Causes and Symptoms of Leukemia?
Leukemia is a type of cancer that manifests as a result of genetic, viral, or environmental factors, leading to the malfunction of bone marrow and abnormal proliferation of white blood cells. Cases of blood cancer observed in individuals with Down syndrome and in single-tumor twins indicate that genetic factors also play a role in the disease. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is more common in the white population than in the yellow population.
Although heredity is a factor in some types of blood cancer, it is not usually the determining factor. The incidence of leukemia has increased in those exposed to petrochemical products, electromagnetic waves, or chemical substances. This situation reveals the indirect or direct relationship between environmental factors and blood cancer.
Symptoms include anemia, fatigue, and a pale appearance due to low blood counts; significant weight loss due to loss of appetite; swelling of lymph nodes in the groin, armpits, or neck; easy bruising or bleeding of the skin surface even with minor bumps and falls; abdominal swelling due to liver enlargement; fever accompanied by joint and bone pain; and frequent illnesses and unhealing infections due to a weakened metabolism.
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