Hairy Cell Leukemia

Description

Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare blood cancer and slow-growing due to spinal cord cells produce too many B cells (lymphocytes), a type of white blood cells that fight infection in charge. When viewed with a microscope, it looks abnormal B cells and 'hair'.

As the number of leukemia cells, automated white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets are also getting a little healthier because of being pressured by the leukemia cells.

This cancer is more common in men, particularly middle-aged or elderly men.

Until now, the cause and cure of this disease has never been found. Hairy cell leukemia is considered as one of the chronic diseases because the disease is never completely lost though maybe in a few years the treatment dose is reduced.

Causes

Hairy cell leukemia caused by DNA mutations that cause spinal cells produce too many white blood cells are not able to work properly. But experts do not know what the cause DNA mutations that the cells experienced the spine.

Symptom

- Feels like fullness in the stomach but cause discomfort so reluctant to continue eating
- Fatigue
- Easy bruising
- Recurrent Infections
- Limp
- Weight loss

Treatment

- Chemotherapy is the use of Cladribine and Pentostatin
- Biological therapy is interferon and Rituximab
- Operations

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