Why would a leukemia patient have limited visitors?

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Why would a hospitalized leukemia patient have limited visitors? Is it because his immune system is damaged? Is it because he may get a bone marrow transplant? If a patient can have one visitor, why can't he have more? Thanks for any information you can provide.
When a person has leukemia, their white cell count, the infection beating cells, are wiped out, so the possibilty of getting an infection is so great. That's why visitation is limited. If a person is awaiting a bone marrow transplant after their white cell count goes up within the normal range, they need to be infection free.  (+ info)

What is the best treatment for Acute Lymphocitic Leukemia?

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What is the best treatment for Acute Lymphocitic Leukemia? Can you please give me the hospital names and the location where the treatment could be done?
Combination chemotherapy. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has reported a 5-year-survival rate of more than 90 percent for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).  (+ info)

How long does one live if diagnosed to have acute leukemia?

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My friend has been diagnosed to have acute leukemia. He was advised to undergo chemotherapy. I am wondering, what is the survival rate for this kind of disease? Please advise.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL): 64.6 percent survival rate
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML): 19.8 percent survival rate  (+ info)

How long would it take to diagnose a teenager with Leukemia?

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the teenager being around the age of 17, and in simple terms, what is the difference between the two types of Leukemia?
If your doctor thinks you have leukemia, a complete blood count as a preliminary test can have results that point to a diagnosis very quickly. You will need a biopsy, and probably some additional blood tests, to confirm the diagnosis. Some of these results will come back within the week, which is when your treatment will begin, although some advanced/genetic tests may take quite a while to get the results back on (but you will usually begin treatment before those results return, based on your other tests.)  (+ info)

What are the Maximum safe working hours for Stage 1 Leukemia?

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My uncle a 48 year old male works in a foundry, doing heavy labor, and he has stage 1 leukemia. He is working 12 hours a day seven days a week. Is this safe, or is there a safe limit for his number of hours.
As others have said, it depends on what type of leukemia he has.
It sure would help if you could be specific.
At age 48 - and still working - we might "guess" that this is a chronic leukemia rather than an acute leukemia.
Chronic myelogenous leukemias are not staged as I,II,II, IV.
If he has stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, he could work this schedule if he chose to do so.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_Is_Chronic_Lymphocytic_Leukemia_Staged.asp
Find out what disease you uncle has.
Go with him when he sees his hematologist/oncologist to find out the details.
You don't give us enough information to provide an educated answer.
No one can giove you a "maximum number of working hours" with such limited medical information. We don't even have a CBC report.  (+ info)

How to write a letter for a child who has Leukemia?

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I am having difficulty in writing a letter to a child who I don't know well except that his name is Kevin, he is ten years old and has Leukemia. And in my school we raised enough money for him to go to Disneyland?
Any ideas on what to write on that letter for Kevin?
Don't mention the fact he has Leukemia at all . . just tell him to go and have an absolute blast on his trip. Keep the letter light and funny if possible. You never need to remind a cancer patient that they have cancer. Wish him all your love and a great time with his family. That's all you need to do.  (+ info)

What can I send my friend who's in the hospital fighting a curable form of Leukemia during the holidays?

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My friend (26 yrs.old) was just recently diagnosed with Leukemia. They caught it very early, so it is treatable with chemotherapy. She's spending the holidays in the hospital and going through a very difficult time. I want to send her something to let her know she's on my mind, but I don't have a lot of money to spend. Any ideas on what might be a comfort to her or cheer her up?
A get our of jail card. Its a card with your number that she can call you up and you can come in to the hospital and take her off the ward for a while.

Other ideas are something bright and cheery. Most of the chemo that is given for leukemia means she will most probably loose her hair, so perhaps a bright hat or scarf or something really funny.  (+ info)

How can I help my partner cope with Leukemia diagnosis?

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My partner has been diagnosed with leukemia (AML) and I am wondering what I can do to help him. I feel so distanced both physically (he is hospitalised indefinately) and emotionally. He seems to want to spare me the indignities of seeing him sick and is not wanting me to visit. I want to respect his wishes and not add to the stress but it goes against the natural response to just be there with him. I know he means to do this as a kind of protecting both himself and me. Is it enough to let him know I will be there for him? The diagnosis was recent and I am so frightened of loosing him, he is the person i would normally talk to about everything but now its all just confusing. Has anyone had experience with this type of leukemia? What helped you cope? Also is the fatality rates so high due to infection?
HI there, I was diagnosed with AML in sept. 2001. I was on the other end of the dilema as far as your question goes. but i will see if i can help. One thing that did work for me, and it sounds terrible, is a few of my friends came to see me and paid no attention to the fact that i was sick, i was distant, i hated having people there, but one day a great friend of mine came to me and asked if i wanted to talk, i didnt, but then she started talking about things that we always talked about, it made me feel so much better. When youre in a situation like your partner, its hard to deal with people who are close to you, trust me i know. But the best advice i can give you is to not listen to him. He wants to distance himself because he is scared and he knows if youre scared it will make matters worse. Show him that you dont care that hes sick, be normal around him, its hard and it will be, but theres nothing better and more important to a person with cancer, than to be treated like everyone else. Talk to him, like nothing is wrong, when he wants to talk about his illness, he will do it when hes ready, right now, he wants to be like everyone else.
as for the infection and fatality, well its more fatal mainly because of the infection, but also because of the types of cells it infects. The monocytes are extremely resistant to any types of stimulation, which makes the process of treatment complicated. But the treatments have come a long way, and the mortality rates are improving. Just keep your hopes up, and the best thing for him is to do the same, like i said it will be terribly hard, and i know its scary, but if he sees that youre there to be with him as a person and not as a cancer patient, it will make all the difference, if you need to talk or have any questions feel free to email me, [email protected]
ill keep you both in my prayers, stay positive!!  (+ info)

What happens if you are pregnant and your Leukemia comes back?

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Okay so I'm curious and i was wondering something. what if you were diagnosed with leukemia but were in remission. what happens if you get pregnant and your leukemia pops back up during your pregnancy? is it harmful to the baby?
I don't know effects on the baby, but, they cannot treat you while pregnant. I once saw a show about a woman with a type of cancer who was pregnant, they induced her at 27 weeks or something like that, in order to start treating her. Unforunately, she didn't make it though. So I guess it depends how far along you were, and what what your options are.  (+ info)

What is type b acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

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I just heard recently that my cousin has type b acute lymphoblastic leukemia and I was just wondering what exactly it is? what the symptoms are? what does it mean by type b? and can it be treated or can it kill you no matter what?

Thanks in advance.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a type of blood cancer. Other names for ALL are acute lymphocytic leukemia and acute lymphoid leukemia. Leukemia affects either B lymphocytes( a type of white blood cell) or T lymphocytes (another type of white blood cell). Immunophenotyping is used to find out if the patient's leukemia cells are B cells or T cells. Most people with ALL have the B-cell type or "type B". Immunophenotyping is a procedure that is used to identify a specific type of cell in a sample of blood, marrow or lymph node cells. This procedure can be important in helping to decide on the best treatment for your cousin.

The symptoms are: Aches in arms, legs & back, bruising for no apparent reason, enlarged lymph nodes, a low-grade fever without obvious cause, headaches, pale skin, pinhead-size red spots under the skin (petechiae, pronounced puh-TEE-kee-ee) (this is bleeding), prolonged bleeding from minor cuts and scrapes, shortness of breath during physical activity, fatigue and vomiting. But ALL can't be diagnosed by these symptoms alone because they're shared by other conditions as well.

I don't know how old your cousin is but ALL is the most common type of leukemia in children under the age of 15 although it can occur at any age. Most children who have had ALL have been successfully treated and cured.

In case you're ready to ask "How did he get this?" Research is still ongoing to pinpoint the precise genetic changes that cause a normal cell to become cancerous. And ALL starts with a change to a single cell in the bone marrow. The cause and the risk factors haven't been determined yet.  (+ info)

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