What is AML- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a blood disease of your blood. AML is when you do not have enough red and white blood cells.  Another way to describe AML is that your blood grows Blasts which are a early type of white blood cell.  It grows these blasts so fast that they basically push out all of the other white  and red blood cells.  If you have AML Leukemia you will not have enough red blood cells and not enough white blood cells because they are outnumbered.

AML is often a result of exposure to some sort of environmental toxin, such as benzene or radiation

Other names that you might hear for AML are Acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.

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Mr.Thomas. Miller - May 1, 2008 2:16 PM

Dear Sir/Madam
We are currently residing in South Africa.
My mother in law(74 years) has recently been diagnosed with MDS.
Is there treatment/cure for MDS??
If yes; where and what do you recommend,
If no: What can we do to ease the pain and keep her as comfortable as possible,
We will continue praying to Jesus to perform a miracle to heal her, his WILL be done.

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