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What Is Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia?
Battling a progressive disease begins with being armed with essential information.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a type of blood cancer that occurs when abnormal white blood cells accumulate in the bone marrow. It replaces healthy cells that create functional lymphocytes with leukemia cells that cannot mature properly. The leukemia cells travel through the bloodstream into vital organs and tissues, including the lymph nodes, testes of men, liver, and brain where they continue to grow and multiply.
ALL is a fast-growing cancer. Children have an increased risk, but this malignant disease can affect adults. In the absence of early diagnosis and proper treatment, adults with ALL do not have as high of a remission rate—although it is steadily improving.
Subtypes of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
New Hope Unlimited offers a combination of conventional, alternative, and holistic treatments for the two main subtypes of ALL, including:
B-cell ALL
This aggressive disease is the most common type of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, in which too many immature white blood cells (B-cell lymphoblasts) are found in the blood and bone marrow.
T-cell ALL
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia affects the T lymphocytes or lymphoid-cell-producing stem cells of the body.
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Symptoms
The growing, dividing, and spreading of leukemia cells may cause several symptoms. Signs of acute lymphocytic leukemia include:
- Frequent infections
- Bleeding from the gums
- Severe nosebleeds
- Petechiae (red spots on the body)
- Quick bruising and bleeding within the skin
- Paleness (pallor)
- Bone and joint pain
- Fever with no known cause
- Enlarged lymph nodes (lumps) in the neck, groin, or under the arms
- Shortness of breath
- Fatigue or a general decrease in energy
Schedule a meeting with your doctor if you experience one or more persistent symptoms of acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Causes
It is not clear what causes the DNA mutations leading to acute lymphocytic leukemia. However, a man or woman’s risk of acute lymphocytic leukemia may increase due to:
- Previous cancer treatment
- Exposure to high levels of radiation
- Certain genetic disorders, such as Down syndrome
- Having a sibling with ALL, especially if he or she is your twin
It is crucial to understand that not everyone without risk factors is immune to ALL. Further, people who have risk factors will not always develop blood cancer.
Tests for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
If your doctor suspects acute lymphocytic leukemia, he or she may recommend the following diagnostic tests to make an accurate diagnosis and determine whether cancer has spread:
- Blood tests
- Bone marrow biopsy
- Imaging tests
- X-ray
- Ultrasound scan
- Computerized tomography (CT) scan
- Spinal fluid test
Diagnosing ALL at an early stage is crucial to improving your ALL prognosis and life expectancy.
Choose New Hope for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatments
New Hope Unlimited is one of the most hands-on centers for treatment of malignant diseases, including ALL. We offer expert-level care and targeted therapies through a combination of innovative technologies, holistic techniques, and backed-up sciences from cancer treatment pioneers. Click here to explore our comprehensive treatment strategy, which improves physical, emotional, and overall wellness.
Our Approach
Advanced Leukemia Treatments
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Personal Care
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Our Top-of-the-Line Medical Facilities
At New Hope Unlimited, we pride ourselves in providing superior comfort, cleanliness, and cancer care at our 8,000 square foot medical treatment center in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. We worked with renowned architects and contractors to create the ideal space for recovery, which includes state-of-the-art lounge areas and spacious private in-rooms that assure the comfort of our patients and their loved ones.
To make our patients feel right at home, each private ward is equipped with high-definition U.S. television, quality bedding, and high-speed internet connection. And with proper nutrition playing a vital role in cancer recovery, New Hope Unlimited also fulfills the dietary needs of each patient using fresh, organic produce to prepare breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners.
Comfort and cleanliness are also strictly implemented in our medical treatment rooms, which are equipped with the latest medical supplies and technology to provide the highest standard of care and treatment. Our medical center also has an in-house Hyperbaric Chamber, a well-established therapy for decompression sickness, exclusively available for our patients’ use.
Further, New Hope Unlimited has maintained its exceptional partnership with Hospital Migoo, a medical group comprised of certified physicians and specialists committed to our patients’ care and well-being.
FAQs
1. What specific treatments does New Hope offer?
From detoxification, diet modification, and even pain management — learn about our unique combination of traditional, alternative, and holistic treatments for leukemia cells.
2. Will there be restrictions to my diet throughout treatment?
To reboot the powerful immune system and help prepare your body in the fight against ALL, we included a nutritional component to our treatment program. Our plan usually encourages organic and fresh produce, as well as certain food to avoid for your condition and specific needs.
