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Chronic Lymphcytic leukemia (CLL) is condition caused due to lymphocytes losing their normal perishing capability leading to their accumulation over periods of time. Initially, the cell production amplifies solely in the blood, however as years pass by, they tend to proliferate even in the lymph nodes, liver, spleen and bone marrow. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Symptoms: Several patients are asymptomatic during analysis, apart from a high white blood cell count. Few might experience weariness or lymph node swelling or a sense abdominal fullness because of a spleen enlargement. As CLL reaches more advanced stages and commences replacing normal bone marrow, the depleted blood counts could lead to one becoming anemic and prone to infections. CLL makes a person more susceptible to infection  [...]

Leukemia is a form of cancer affecting the tissues which are responsible for the body’s blood formation that includes the bone marrow and the lymph system. During this condition, there is huge production of the anomalous white blood cells by the bone marrow to such an extent that at times it lends the blood a white cast. The normally functioning white blood cells are powerful infection-combatants. However, among individuals affected with leukemia the irregular white blood cells have a tendency of accumulating, hindering normal white blood cell production and impeding the body’s capacity to combat infection. Leukemia treatment is a multifarious approach wherein majority of the patients undergo chemotherapy, while others get treated with radiation therapy, BMT or bone marrow implant  [...]