While not typically thought of as treatment for a disease, nutrition is important in developing and maintaining health. During a serious illness like cancer, nutrition can become a supplemental therapy to build strength and increase the likelihood of survival. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia can be treated in a variety of ways, but no matter what type of treatment you and your doctor choose, you can add nutritional therapy to help you boost your health and well-being. Talk with your treatment team about the role nutrition can play in your...
Chylothorax occurs when fluid from your lymphatic system builds up in your chest or thoracic cavity. Patients with chylothorax have difficulty breathing because this build-up takes up space, restricting the expansion of their l...
Chronic lymphatic leukemia is also called chronic lymphocytic leukemia or CLL. All these names refer to the same disease. CLL differs from acute lymphatic leukemia in that it has a slow and insidious onset. Symptoms may not be...
According to MayoClinic.com, chronic leukemia is the slow growing cancer of white blood cells, or of the cells that develop into white blood cells. White blood cells are responsible for fighting against infection. In chronic le...
Leukemia is either chronic or acute. Chronic leukemia slowly gets worse over time and symptoms occur as the number of leukemia cells increase. Often chronic leukemia is discovered during a routine checkup. The two types of chro...
Chronic myelogenous leukemia, also called CML, is a blood and bone marrow disease that develops slowly and usually appears in people after middle age. It is characterized by the proliferation of a type of white blood cell call...
Each year more than 15,000 people learn they have chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Normally, the bone marrow produces immature cells that develop into red blood cells, white blood cells (lymphocytes) and platelets. When a patient...
Some common symptoms of chronic leukemia are weakness, fatigue, fever, weight loss, night sweats, an enlarged spleen and enlarged lymph nodes. Your doctor will order a blood test to determine if you are making enough red blood...
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow. The main characteristic of leukemia is the production of too many leukocytes, or white blood cells. Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is one of four types of leukemia. While a...
