RE: Girl dies of stupid parents
January 27, 2015 at 3:57 am
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2015 at 5:29 am by Jacob(smooth).)
Quote: Don't you get it. She died of a stroke, not leukemia. Chemo can cause strokes.
I just rolled my eyes so hard I saw my sinuses. Are you actually serious here?
Right. Quick lesson in medicine.
Leukemia is a disease of the blood.
Stroke is a what happens when there is a sudden lack of blood to an area of the brain. Usually because of a clot. Sometimes a bleed.
Leukemia, being a blood condition, fucks up the clotting mechanisms and can cause clots and bleeds.
Quote: Hematologic/ Cerebrovascular: Cerebral infarctionPatients with malignancies and leukemia in particular are at risk to develop cerebral infarction. Several mechanisms may be responsible, alone or in combination, for stroke in this patient population. The major causes of stroke in cancer patients are listed below in Table 4.http://www3.mdanderson.org/depts/rpi/di/cnsclci.html
Which is why part of the care she eschewed for leukemia is regular blood tests to monitor her Inr (clotting), wbc, esr and a whole bunch of other stuff. That's PART of chemotherapy, they don't just pump you full of it and send you home!
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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