Njengezinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza, ososayensi abazi kahle ukuthi yini ebangelwa i-leukemia yobuntwana. Ama-leukemia amaningi athola ukuguquka, noma ukuguqulwa kwamagciwane, ezakhiweni zesigaba sokuqala noma amangqamuzana egazi "amancane". Nakuba kungaziwa ukuthi yini ebangele lezi zinguquko, amaqembu athile wezingane aboniswe ukuthi ayengozini enkulu yokuthuthukisa lesi sifo. I-leukemia ayithathelisi, futhi ngokuvamile ayigijimi emindenini.
Izingane ezisengozini yokuthuthukisa i-leukemia Faka:
- Labo abanamawele afanayo nalesi sifo
- Labo abanezingane zakudala ezine-leukemia (banezinkinga eziphindwe izikhathi ezingu-2-4 ngaphezu kwabantu abahlala njalo behlakulela lesi sifo)
- Labo abaye bathola i-chemotherapy noma imithi yokwelashwa komunye uhlobo lomdlavuza, ikakhulukazi eminyakeni embalwa yokuqala elandela ukwelashwa
- Izingane ezinezifo ezithile zofuzo, njenge-Li-Fraumeni syndrome, i- Down Syndrome , i- Kleinfelter syndrome , i-Femmon's anemia,
- I-Bloom syndrome, i-Kostmann syndrome, i- neurofibromatosis , ne-ataxia telangectasia
- Izingane zithola izidakamizwa ezithile zokuvimbela ukuzivikela ngemuva kokuthola ukufakelwa komzimba
Nakuba izibalo zingase zibonise la maqembu ezingane ukuthi abe esengozini enkulu yokuthuthukisa i-leukemia, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi akuzona zonke izingane ezinalezi zifo ezithola lesi sifo, futhi abaningi abenzayo ngeke babe nezinkinga zokungabikho. Uma ingane yakho inezimo ezikhulunywe ngenhla, futhi ukhathazekile ukuthi bangase bahlakulele i-leukemia, khuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuhlolwa kwendlela yokuhlola impilo yabo.
Imithombo:
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