Leukemia.We would be dead at a very early age without our white blood cells--granulocytes, lymphocytes, macrophages. But with too many of them we are also at high risk.
Both types of death, ironically, are generally as result of shattered immunity.
Too much of a good thing, indeed, can be fatal. Leukemia pushes the rapidly dividing young white cells, which are not yet effective mediators of a proper immune response, out into the body, where they are useless and in fact predispose to infection.
Fortunately leukemia is a group of malignancies upon which much progress has been made in the area of therapeutics. It is survivable, and even curable in some cases.
But its treatment requires a serious balancing act between destroying the "bad" and not the highly sensitive "good".
Get your check-up. It may be the best way to detect leukemia early, and therefore at a stage that can be treated more effectively.
Both types of death, ironically, are generally as result of shattered immunity.
Too much of a good thing, indeed, can be fatal. Leukemia pushes the rapidly dividing young white cells, which are not yet effective mediators of a proper immune response, out into the body, where they are useless and in fact predispose to infection.
Fortunately leukemia is a group of malignancies upon which much progress has been made in the area of therapeutics. It is survivable, and even curable in some cases.
But its treatment requires a serious balancing act between destroying the "bad" and not the highly sensitive "good".
Get your check-up. It may be the best way to detect leukemia early, and therefore at a stage that can be treated more effectively.
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