While any cancer is hard to deal with, not many of them are as fast developing as leukemia, or cancer of the blood. It is always a big shock to learn that someone close to you suffers from a major illness and to hear that your own father suffers from a condition that modern medicine has not yet been able to contain, let alone cure, may have even seem to have brought your world down around you. Leukemia affects the normal creation of whiteblood cells in the bone marrow. Unlike the normally created white blood cells, the ones created with the defect have an extended life span, thereby allowing them to crowd out the normal white blood cells in the blood stream. When theysignificantly outnumber the other constituencies of the blood, the blood cells and platelets are unable t carry out their normal responsibilities. The condition is quite often categorized depending on the speed at which it develops intobeing of a more severe nature. During the initial phases of the onset of the disease, the leukemia cells (or abnormal white blood cells) may still perform the normal work of the other white blood cells – thereby rarely raising anysymptoms in the affected individual. Most people affected by this chronic or slowly developing condition will only learn about the existence of the condition during either a routine checkup or on running tests aimed at establishingdetails for another medical ailment. The condition will slowly start to get worse and, in later stages, show signs of swollen lymph nodes and infections. If the condition develops into a full blown case of leukemia rather quickly, thepatient is suffering from acute leukemia where, from the initial stages of the condition, the leukemia cells are incapable of performing the tasks previously carried out by the white blood cells.
Coming up with the cure for cancer is currently the entire medical world’s Holy Grail. Unfortunately, no body has been able to come up with a permanent cure for the condition as yet. The main focus is to provide the patient with the best of care while living in hope that the condition will recede on its own. Ask your father to switch over to a healthier diet and increase his intake of raw fruits and vegetables along with some greensalads. These foods have purifying properties when they enter the digestive tract and can promote tissue repair which, in turn, will help fight off the impure cells. It is imperative that your father does not go through too much stressand is allowed to have a considerable amount of relaxation time.