Issue by mojdeh g: How can I explain to if someone has Leukemia and is heading through Chemotherapy?
I know of a person proclaiming to have cancer, and to be going through leukemia, they also claim to be using morphine drugs for the ache. I have in no way noticed any hair decline in the particular person and they do not ever search ill in the slightest, they also assert to have have experienced it for numerous a long time and they are below the age of sixteen, is this all feasible?
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Reply by collin
Well, you can have Leukemia at any age.
Even so, chemotherapy only lasts for a couple of months at the longest. If this particular person has experienced continuing chemotherapy periods for several A long time, they would be living in a hospital and (unless of course you happen to be household) you would in no way have satisfied this person. They would also look amazingly skinny, pale, and would have very thin hair if not total hair reduction.
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How to tell? You ask the person’s parents.
This sounds a little far-fetched, but can be possible.
The most common kind of leukemia in children and teens is called ALL. ALL treatment is long- it takes 2.5-3.5 years. The first month is the hardest, with the first week spent in the hospital. The first six months or so are hard- intense chemo, hospitalizations for chemo, fever, infection, hair loss, other side effects, etc. Once the patient hits maintenance therapy (the longest part of treatment), it’s often difficult to tell that the person is being treated for cancer.
During maintenance, hair grows back, chemo is lighter, and the patient can resume nearly all normal activities. He or she still takes chemo in pill form at home, and has clinic visits once a month for IV chemo and once every three months for intrathecal chemo (into the spinal fluid.) He or she can still end up in the hospital with fever and infection, but many kids never get admitted during maintenance. Many kids do really well and go to school, play sports, look healthy.
So yes, it’s possible that your friend is being treated and is in maintenance. He or she would have had to undergo the first intense six months, though, and would have been in the hospital at least once in the beginning.
Though extremely rare, it is possible for teens to get a type of leukemia called CML. CML is treated with oral medication at home. Patients are usually admitted for the first week or so, and then often go a long, long time not needing to be in the hospital. This medication does not cause hair loss and patients are often able to continue going to school, doing normal activities.
With either ALL or CML, there may be pain that requires morphine (though neither should give enough pain frequently enough that the person is regularly taking morphine at home- maybe a few days, but not more than that.)
ETA: To Collin: That is untrue that leukemia treatment only lasts a few months. While treatment for AML is shorter, treatment for ALL lasts several YEARS. Most of the treatment is done outpatient, but kids and teens with ALL receive chemotherapy for about 2.5 years (girls) and 3.5 years (boys.)