Multiple myeloma is an oncology that develops from cells in the bone marrow. The disease is quite rare, and therefore there is not much information about it. Nevertheless, to know what kind of illness it is, and how it can manifest itself, it is necessary.
Multiple myeloma of bones
Thanks to proteins that are produced in plasma cells, the human body resists various diseases and infections. When the disease is multiple myeloma, plasma cells turn into cancerous cells and begin to develop quite actively.
Multiple myeloma affects older and middle-aged people. In the risk zone are mostly men, women are less affected by this disease. With myeloma, people suffer from problems with bones, immunity, and kidneys can worsen significantly. But there were also recorded cases when the disease was very quiet and unnoticed, and it was possible to determine it by sheer chance during some planned examination.
Of course, multiple myeloma, found at a late stage, is treated much harder (both in the physical and financial sense of the word). Therefore, to myelomatosis (another common name for myeloma) is not an unpleasant surprise and was found in time, it is best not to neglect regular medical examinations and at least once a couple of years to undergo a complete examination.
Symptoms, causes and predictions of multiple myeloma
Depending on the characteristics of the body, the main symptoms of multiple myeloma may differ. In the early stages of the disease may not manifest itself. When myelomatosis begins to develop more actively, a person suffering from it will necessarily feel at least one of the manifestations.
The main symptoms of multiple myeloma are:
- weakness;
- sharp weight loss;
- kidney problems (in particular, failure);
- fatigue;
- development of chronic forms of various infections (sinusitis, pneumonia and others).
The exact cause of the occurrence of multiple myeloma has not been determined until now, although the number of patients around the world reaches impressive marks. Presumably, everything starts with infection and turning into a cancerous single cell. After that, it begins to actively share and displace healthy cells.
To give any specific predictions for multiple myeloma and to say how much a patient can live is very difficult, because the recovery depends on a number of factors. The effectiveness of treatment affects the stage of the disease, the general health of the patient, his age, the activity of the tumor process and much more.
The main ways to treat multiple myeloma
The necessary method of treating myeloma also depends on the stage of the disease and the human immunity. In the early stages, when the disease is already diagnosed, but still does not manifest itself, it is enough just to observe the doctor.
In other cases, the following treatment is usually administered:
- Chemotherapy , accompanied by the intake of special hormonal drugs, neutralizing (as far as possible) the side effects of the procedure.
- Immune therapy allows you to keep the effect of chemotherapy as long as possible.
- Surgical intervention is also acceptable. True, only large tumors are surgically removed.
- If necessary, bone marrow transplantation and stem blood cells can occur.
With multiple myeloma, folk remedies certainly can not be treated as essential, but some methods really support the body. For example, alcoholic tincture of a saber is considered effective, it is necessary to drink it during a month three times a day. And compresses with comfrey and blackcorn will relieve the pain in the bones.