Multiple Myeloma Awareness

Posted in: Cancer by Dr. Tarang Krishna Posted Date: 17 Mar, 2015

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Very few facts are known about multiple myeloma . Though not a common cancer but can be dangerous if not diagnosed and treated on time. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer which starts in the plasma cells (white blood cells) of the bone marrow. Plasma cells are an important part of the immune system that makes the antibodies which are responsible for killing germs. The cancerous myeloma plasma cells multiply and crowd out normal plasma cells and result in bone loss.

Symptoms:

Signs and symptoms can sometime vary and there are hardly any symptoms in the initial stage. Few of the most common symptoms include:

• Pain in the bones, especially in the spine and chest
• Skin lesions
• Weakness or tiredness
• Loss of appetite
• Bleeding and nerve damage
• Frequent infections
• Unexplained weight loss
• Bone fracture

Risk Factors:

The exact cause of the disease is still unknown; however there are many factors that increase the risk. These include:

• Exposure to herbicides, insecticides, chemicals like benzene and  hair dyes
• Radiation exposure
• Genetic abnormality such as c-myc oncogenes
• Chances of getting the disease increases with age
• More than twice as common in African Americans than in white Americans
• Other factors include family history, obesity and gender (more common in men than women)

Stages:

There are four stages of multiple myeloma, these include:

• Smoldering: Usually there are no symptoms encountered in this stage
• Stage 1: Minor anemia with no bone damage
• Stage 2: Anemia as well as bone damage
• Stage 3: Anemia as well as signs of kidney damage

Prevention:

For some types of cancer proper reason is known to avoid the disease such as smoking causes lung cancer and this provides an opportunity for prevention. But for multiple myeloma there are very few known factors and hence there is no way to prevent the disease. However if the disease is detected on time it can be treated.

Treatment:

The choices of treatment include combination of drugs some of which are given as pills and some given intravenously. Chemotherapy, stem cell transplant and radiation therapy are few of the most common treatments available. To find out more about the disease and which treatment is best you can contact the cancer healer team at info@cancerhealer.in. Or you can drop in your query here- Cancer Healer Center

About The Author

Dr. Tarang Krishna

Dr. Tarang Krishna, Director at Cancer Healer Center, is the perfect epitome of perseverance and dedication.

He has an impressive educational background to his credit. He completed his under-graduation in Medicine and Surgery from Pune, India and did his MD (Hom) from Agra University, India.Thesis on MD was on "Treatment of cancer" where he presented cases of almost 100 patients and the response of the medicines in the treatment of cancer. He then completed his Ph.d in Oncology from the United Kingdom and his thesis on the ‘Efficacy of Medicines in the Treatment of Cancer’ is greatly commemorated and honored.

He befittingly represents alternate medicine and has contributed significantly towards the development and research of immunotherapy.

Through his nationwide chain of “Cancer Healer Center” clinics he strives to offer superior cancer treatment, using immunotherapy.