Homeostasis and Balance
Homeostasis and Balance: Homeostasis is the body maintaining internal balance to ensure and maintain health.(2)
When a person has Leukemia the abnormal production of white blood cells can affect the Homeostasis of a human body. The point of white blood cells are to protect the human body from foreign diseases but when a person has Leukemia, the white blood cells can not do its job properly. This can cause a disturbance in the human body. Not only that, when a patient has Leukemia, they lose their appetite and their nutrition intake can go critically low. This can cause the balance of the human body to be disturbed.(1)
Sources Used:
(1)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20432440
(2)http://www.livestrong.com/article/77571-homeostatic-balance-mean/
Homeostasis and Balance: Homeostasis is the body maintaining internal balance to ensure and maintain health.(2)
When a person has Leukemia the abnormal production of white blood cells can affect the Homeostasis of a human body. The point of white blood cells are to protect the human body from foreign diseases but when a person has Leukemia, the white blood cells can not do its job properly. This can cause a disturbance in the human body. Not only that, when a patient has Leukemia, they lose their appetite and their nutrition intake can go critically low. This can cause the balance of the human body to be disturbed.(1)
Sources Used:
(1)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20432440
(2)http://www.livestrong.com/article/77571-homeostatic-balance-mean/