More on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
After a complete blood count, a bone marrow aspiration will be done to see if there are leukemia cells. If the doctor confirms leukemia, more tests will be done to identify the specific type of acute myeloid leukemia, which has eight sub-types.
Chemotherapy may be considered, although it also kills healthy cells, and may cause bleeding. Other options may be antibiotics for infections, transfusion of platelets to control bleeding, red blood cell transfusions for the anemia, bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant, if available.
While undergoing treatment, the patient will be isolated as much as possible to avoid contracting infections.
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