Low Platelets in
cases with Leukemia
Leukemia patients may develop low
platelets for different reasons. First the
disease attacks the bone marrow where platelets are produced.
Second, the
medications that treat the disease can cause suppression
of platelet production.
It has been also noticed that certain leukemia patients
tend to develop
antibodies against platelets similar to classical ITP.
As you already know in ITP, antibodies are destroying
platelets causing them to decrease.
Two Most
Common types of Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia and Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia are the most
common forms of leukemia in adults. The lymphocytic type
being the most common of the two. Both types are discussed
briefly in this article.
Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia (CLL)
CLL is a
progressive form of leukemia. Most persons suffering from
this type of leukemia do not present any form of symptoms
whatsoever until the disease has advanced to stage four.
It is during
this stage IV of the disease that treatment is started.
This is the stage in which thrombocytopenia ( low platelets
) starts. So you can say that low
platelets in CLL is a sign of advanced disease.
People with
CLL usually remain free of symptoms for many years. From
stage 1 the survival rate of a person with CLL is usually
not so bad since most can survive from a minimum of 5
years all the way to 20 years. After stage IV though the
years of survival are usually reduced to 3-4 years.
Medical journals
and studies tell us that chemotherapy though useful does
not really increase the survival rate but just ameliorates
the condition and keeps it under control. Although sometimes
it can lead to remission.
How is a
Low Platelet Count in Leukemia Treated
The two most
common forms of treatment are platetet transfusions and
steroids (Prednisone) - the same as in ITP Blood disorder.
The only problem with this treatment (Prednisone) is that
it reduces the immune system and makes it more difficult
to fight leukemia.
Natural
herbs have been found to help some people with leukemia
to increase their platelets to a more normal level preventing
the use of drastic measures and drugs to increase them.
These natural herbs do not interfere with the medical
treatment that these persons are receiving for their leukemia.
Chronic
Myeloid Leukemia
Also known as Chronic Myelocytic
Leukemia or CML seems to be more aggressive than Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia.
CML has three phases:
- Chronic phase : This is the phase where
non-specific symptoms may be present with minor indications
of severe disease. Some of these symptoms may be fatigue,
a sense of feeling sick, anemia, chills at night etc.
These symptoms may last from months to years
- Accelerated phase: It
is in this phase that a low platelet count can occur.
Also all symptoms especially anemia tend to get worse.
- Terminal phase: In this phase the disease
tends to advance rapidly spreading to other areas such
as bone, brain, lymph nodes etc and is usually fatal.
Both types of Leukemias
can be low platelet
causes at different stages. Natural herbs, dietary
and life-style changes can be of great help in reducing
some of the effects that these diseases have on your platelets.
What is good about natural approaches
to low platelets due to leukemia is that many of these
approaches are totally free from side effects if done
correctly and less invasive. And of course, these natural
remedies do not interfere with the treatments you may
be getting from your doctor for CLL or CML.
The natural approach is not a substitute
of your treatment but an adjunct healthy approach to support
your body and immune system and especially to keep your
platelets as normal as possible and a preventative way
of avoiding the use of strong medications and surgery
(splenectomy or taking out of the spleen - this surgical
procedure is done more with CML sufferers).
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