Leukemia and the Endocrine system
To first understand how Leukemia affects the Endocrine system, you must first understand what the Endocrine system is.
Endocrine System: The endocrine system is the system that regulates our mood, growth, sexual function, metabolism and etc. (2)
Having Leukemia as a child can really damage and affect a child's endocrine system. A common Leukemia for kids is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). When children go through therapy for ALL, their growth rate slows down. There is no real way to prevent the treatment for leukemia to affect the growth spurt other then treating the kids in a lower dose of cranial radiation. Not only that Adrenal insufficiency can be suspected in the kids receiving treatment. As you can see Leukemia does not directly affect the Endocrine system but indirectly with the treatment. (1).
Sources Used:
(1)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12350366 (Peer Reviewed Science Journal)
(2)http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/endocrine.html
To first understand how Leukemia affects the Endocrine system, you must first understand what the Endocrine system is.
Endocrine System: The endocrine system is the system that regulates our mood, growth, sexual function, metabolism and etc. (2)
Having Leukemia as a child can really damage and affect a child's endocrine system. A common Leukemia for kids is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). When children go through therapy for ALL, their growth rate slows down. There is no real way to prevent the treatment for leukemia to affect the growth spurt other then treating the kids in a lower dose of cranial radiation. Not only that Adrenal insufficiency can be suspected in the kids receiving treatment. As you can see Leukemia does not directly affect the Endocrine system but indirectly with the treatment. (1).
Sources Used:
(1)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12350366 (Peer Reviewed Science Journal)
(2)http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/endocrine.html