Glossary for Blood cancer

• Acute lymphocytic leukemia: Most common child form of leukemia; can also affect adults especially over 65.
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A cancer of the blood and bone marrow where too many abnormal lymphocytes (white blood cells) are produced which eventually crowds out healthy blood cells in the body.
• Chronic myeloid leukemia: Type of leukemia mostly in adults; rarely in children.
• Fatigue: Excessive tiredness or weakness.
• Gum bleeding: abnormal bleeding from the gums may be mostly due to nutritional deficiencies or blood dyscrasias
• Hairy cell leukemia: A chronic leukemia which causes an excess of abnormal mononuclear cells which appear hair like under microscopy
• Leukemia: Cancer of the blood cells, usually white blood cells.
• Lymphoma: Cancer involving lymph nodes and the immune system.
• Malaise: General feelings of discomfort or being ill-at-ease.
• Myeloma: A primary malignancy of the plasma cells
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A type of lymphoma, a cancer affecting lymph nodes and the immune system.
• Shortness of breath: The feeling of being short of breath
• Weakness: Symptoms causing weakness of the body

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