how to prevent leukemia:

blood is integral in keeping us alive as

it is responsible for distributing 

essential nutrients and minerals

throughout our body supplying our cells

with oxygen fighting off infections and

healing.

in this respect blood is life

it is produced in the soft tissue inside

our bones called bone marrow,

normally stem cells are produced and

designed to be any of the three types of

blood cells we have the red blood cells

that distribute oxygen the white blood

cells that are responsible in fighting

off infection and the platelets that are

responsible for blood clotting normal

blood cells know when to multiply die

when they should and are then replaced

by new cells.

however sometimes something goes wrong

in the bone marrow and abnormal cells

are produced.

unlike normal cells these bad cells

reproduce too fast and do not die when

they should.

the result is that they saturate the

blood system and prevent normal cells

from doing their jobs

the abnormality of having rapidly

reproducing cells is called cancer

and when it occurs in the bone marrow it

is called cancer of the blood or more

commonly leukemia.

leukemia like most cancers has no single

definite cause although it has several

risk causes and known factors that can

lead to its development

to learn how to prevent leukemia one

must understand how it comes about

here are some steps one can follow to

lessons one chances of developing

leukemia.

 

avoid smoking:

a strong case that can be made against

smoking is that it is one sure risk

factor for leukemia and several other

types of cancer as well

smoking makes you susceptible to

developing acute myelogenous leukemia

which is a more dangerous type of the

disease as opposed to chronic leukemia

that develops in the red marrow found in

flat bones

in fact studies show that smoking is

known to cause about 15 percent of known

adult cases of leukemia in the united

states alone.

cigarette contains several noxious and

toxic substances that are known to be

carcinogenic or cancer-causing

one of them is benzene

benzene is tagged as a leading cause of

leukomia therefore exposure to it

especially inhaling it through smoking

should be avoided at all costs.

two avoid exposure to toxic substances:

benzene is not just found in cigarette 

but in other substances that we are 

unfortunately exposed to on a regular

basis paint pesticides drugs resins

gasoline and anything synthetically

produced may contain benzene

again benzene is a known cause for

several types of leukemia as well as

other diseases

three avoid other types of cancers:

any type of cancer that requires

chemotherapy or radiation therapy

increases one's susceptibility to

developing leukemia

among other things these cancer

treatments compromise the immune system

and open your system to the danger of

not just developing cancer

but several other diseases and

conditions as well

take care to live and maintain a healthy

and active lifestyle to avoid diseases

in general

in learning how to prevent leukemia one

must be abreast with the several risk

factors that could potentially lead to

having leukemia

leukemia as with any type of cancer is a

life-threatening and very expensive to

treat

so it is best to be as knowledgeable 

about its prevention as possible