Childhood Leukemia Research Paper

Leukemia All throughout our lives, we have received a tons of blessings. We are blessed to have a place to live at and food to eat, as well as having freedom to go outside and spend time with our friends and family.However, many people take all of that for granted and they do not see the value of it but instead they whine because they don’t like the food that they eat or because they don’t have a certain type of eye color, or a certain type of hair or weight or height that they wish to have. They do not realize that not everyone is able to have the same privileges as we do.There are many children right now, who are lying in bed at a hospital fighting for their lives against different types of cancers, especially Leukemia. Children wish to have a normal life in which they would be able to go outside, play sports, and go to school just like we do but they are sadly not able to. But what exactly is Leukemia and why does it prevent all of those children who have it, from being able to have a normal live? Being the most common type of cancer among children and teens, Childhood Leukemia is broken down into different types, has various risk factors, and has affected many children's lives. …show more content…
It usually affects white blood cells ,however, it may also affect other types of blood cells as well. There are many different types of Leukemia that children may have. Those include Acute Leukemia, Chronic Leukemia, and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Amongst these, the most rarest type of Leukemia cancer is the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia(CLL) which has affected 2-3% of children with leukemia and the most common type is Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) which affects every 3 out of 4 children who have leukemia. Children who have acute lymphocytic leukemia are more prone to infections than other children, due to the fact that their white blood cells are not able to function