Leukemia and Microscopes
By Arjee Garcia In today’s society, many people have been affected with leukemia or white cancers cells from various ages and genders throughout the world. Every day 129 are diagnosed with Healthcare leukemia and 60 lose the fight.
the body’s immune system, then white blood cells (our natural defense mechanisms) will recognize and attack the foreign substance. “Leukemia can be either granulocytic or lymphocytic” (Hart and Loeffler, 2012, p. 137). The bone marrow produces excessive amount of irregular white blood cells called leukocytes, then increasingly spreads throughout the circulatory system or peripheral blood in the client’s immune system. (Hart and Loefflers, 2012) When leukemia continues to progress, the white cancer cells infiltrate and enlarge the internal organs such as the spleen and liver (Hart and Loefflers, 2012). The spleen is located on the upper left abdomen below the diaphragm and posterior to the rib cage. A normal spleen weighs 150 grams [gm] and is approximately 11 cm in length. The normal physiology of the spleen stores and manufactures white blood cells, clears, and removes red blood cells (Martini and Nath, 2008). During leukemia, the spleen continues its normal function and excessive red and white blood cells are stored leading to abnormal size enlargement to the spleen (Singha, R, 2011).
professionals from the pathology department help find a treatment and diagnosis through the patient’s samples, lab values, and accurate analysis with the modern microscope. the help of modern With technologies today,
healthcare professionals will provide patient care with positive outcomes. LEUKEMIA (White blood cancer cells) Leukemia is a malignant neoplasm that increases white blood cells commonly associated with granulocytes and lymphocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils) in the hemapoietic system (Hart and Loeffler, 2012). Granulocytes are dark purple with tiny grains that spread throughout the blood stream and tissues. Lymphocytes are round, dark purple with light purple cytoplasms that are found in the bone marrow. Lymphocytes and granulocytes are types of white blood cells that help fight against infections and diseases in the immune system. (Hart and Loeffler, 2012) For example, when a foreign substance enters