Speaking with Adom News Dr. Vivian Paintsil a
Paediatric Oncology (Cancer Specialist) of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
says over the last five years, leukemia is the second cancer after
Beurkitt-Lymphoma which affects at least five persons out of ten.
There are two types of Leukemia and they are ALL
Acute Lymphatic (ALL) Leukemia which is easy to treat and Acute Myelo Leukemia
(AML ) which is hard to treat with low chances of survival.
Some of the symptoms of leukemia are Pneumonia, over
bleeding, bleeding through the nose, blood in urine and lumps are some of the
symptoms of Leukemia.
Those that are prone to have Leukemia are those who
live close by high tension poles who are exposed to high levels of radiation
and those that use pesticides (farmers) and some are inherited.
Dr Vivian Paintsil advice the public to be cautious
of their health
source:kulenunewsblog
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