Leukemia Vs. Cholesterol Medicine

The Effects of Cholesterol medicine on the red blood cells.

The first steps in treating high cholesterol levels are:

regular physical activity

healthy eating

The latter means cutting down on fats and replacing saturated fats with unsaturated alternatives.
Without cholesterol your body wouldn't work: it's vital to ensure the body's normal function. It forms part of the outer membrane that surrounds the cell. It's used to insulate nerve fibers (and so make nerve signals travel properly) and make hormones, which carry signals around the body. However, you don't want your cholesterol to be to high. It is sometimes necessary to reduce your cholesterol level.

Cholesterol medicine is designed to lower you lipid levels in your blood stream. Cholesterol medicine should not be taken for to long and should be checked often. After prolonged use, it damages the red blood cells. Thus, the white blood cell is much higher than it should be. Overpowering the red blood cells. Giving the appearance of having leukemia.

Leukemia is any of various acute or chronic diseases of the bone marrow in which there is unrestrained production of white blood cells.
The sympton are anemia, impaired blood clotting, and enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen. The red blood cells are crowded out by the white blood cells. Blasts of white blood cells, leaves you wide open to infection. The blasts of white blood cells, causes hemoraging and they may invade the central nervous system, causing dizziness, headache, or fever. If untreated, death may occur. Treatment may include chemotherapy with anticancer drugs, radiation therapy, blood and plasma transfusions, and bone marrow transplantation.

Recent studies have indicated that blood from a newborn infant's umbilical cord and placenta (called cord blood) can be used effectively instead of marrow transplants in some leukemia's.

Or you may have taken your cholesterol medicine far to long, giving the appearance of this serous disease. Cholesterol medicine should not be taken no longer than 6 months and should be checked often. Often times the lipid reducing drug attacks the red blood cells, and often times you may need to discontinue your cholesterol medicine. It will take about 6 to 9 months for your to get your strength back and for your red blood cells, to start increasing. Routine complete blood count should be taken. Often times after 6 to 9 months of no cholesterol medicine, you will be back to your old self.

Caution should be taken when taking cholesterol medicine. Be sure that you include red meat in your diet, with foods that burn fat, such as leafy green lettuce, sweet peppers, olives and other green vegetables. Remember not to over due the vegetables, as this increases your calcium. A 3 to 4 oz serving of meat everyday. This includes chicken, beef, turkey and some pork and fish.

If you have been diagnosed with leukemia and have recently taken cholesterol medicine, than stop the cholesterol medicine, and most of the time no additional treatment is necessary, except eating a well balanced diet and a little exercise.