Although myeloma is generally considered incurable, new treatments have greatly improved the prognosis.
Dear Dr. Roach: Can someone have diffuse multiple myeloma with serious symptoms and still be alive after four years?Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer of the bone marrow. The cells in the bone marrow stop responding as they should and make large amounts of antibodies. Unfortunately, these antibodies don’t help you fight off infections; they consist of a single clone that usually doesn’t have any discernible activity.
In people with the standard type of myeloma, survival with the usual treatment is eight years. With a stem cell transplant, survival with average-risk myeloma is over 12 years. Some highly aggressive forms of myeloma have a much worse survival rate. Dear Dr. Roach: I have had stronger body odour during the past few months and can’t figure out why. I am a healthy, 69-year-old woman in great shape. There hasn’t been any changes in my exercise regimen, diet or medications at all. Why is this happening?Body odour is mostly caused by bacteria that live on the skin. These bacteria can change under a variety of conditions.
Medical issues, like diabetes or kidney or liver disease, lead to changes in body odour that some, but not all, people can recognize. Finally, if you are living with someone, their skin bacteria can become your skin bacteria, so this is another possibility.
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