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0:00 Introduction
0:38 Symptoms
1:18 staging kahler disease
2:28 Treatment
• Kahler’s disease, also known as multiple myeloma, is a blood cancer that occurs in the plasma.
• In the disease, the body’s bone marrow is affected, and cancerous cells begin to replace the healthy blood cells.
• It is the most common type of Myeloma and is considered to be the 14th most common kind of cancer in the world.
• The effects of cancer can also reach your kidneys due to the development of abnormal proteins.
• Kahler’s disease thus tends to affect different parts of the body.
Here’s everything you need to know about it:
Symptoms
• As Kahler’s disease starts with the bone marrow, the bones experience the most typical symptoms of the disease.
• Pain in the bones is one common indication.
• More than that, the bones can even break if the condition spreads unchecked.
• However, since the disease spreads to different parts of the body, you are likely to experience a host of other symptoms, such as:
• Nausea
• Excessive thirst
• Frequent fevers and infections
• Weight loss
• Urinating excessively
• Constipation
Staging Kahler’s Disease
• Staging cancer means determining the spread and growth of cancer in the human body.
• Staging for multiple myeloma can be done using the International Staging System (ISS) or the Durie-Salmon system.
• The latter checks the amount of calcium inside the blood along with proteins such as monoclonal immunoglobin and hemoglobin.
• The initial stage is the smoldering stage, in which the myeloma does not cause active symptoms. This cancer exists but has not spread enough to cause problems.
• Stage 1 Kahler’s will show a small number of cancerous cells in the urine and blood.
• Hemoglobin levels are just slightly lower in this stage, while a bone X-ray would be clear or show just one affected area.
• Stage 2 is far more serious, with increased monoclonal immunoglobin and calcium, while hemoglobin will show a significant decrease.
• Furthermore, stage 2 Kahler’s may also cause extensive bone damage.
• Stage 3 is the most advanced stage of multiple myeloma, characterized by very low hemoglobin and very high amounts of calcium.
• The body shows multiple signs of damage.
Treatment
• The treatment of Kahler’s disease depends on the stage of cancer.
• Typical treatments for it include radiation, chemotherapy, and plasmapheresis, a blood treatment.
• In some cases, bone marrow or stem transplant may be necessary.
• However, the treatments cannot cure Kahler’s.
• The cancerous cells may decrease in numbers and the symptoms may go away only to recur at another time.
• The recurrence makes living with Kahler’s disease incredibly difficult, and regular checks and significant lifestyle changes have to be made.