Multiple myeloma cause, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment.
What is Multiple Myeloma?
Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that causes the abnormal growth of plasma cells. Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell, and they work to produce antibodies that fight infections. In multiple myeloma there is an overproduction of one antibody called M-protein. This leads to damage in the bone marrow, where red and white blood cells are made, as well as reducing normal immune protection from these cells going up against infections. Anemia (low levels iron) may also develop because once red blood cells die off at a high rate following exposure to M-protein their numbers will be depleted significantly which reduces hemoglobin synthesis - a vital process for transporting oxygen round our body and making our heart pump effectively.
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