The causes of acute leukemia are genetic and viral as well as radiological and chemical factors.
Genetic causes of leukemia have a family history or are due to consanguineous marriages and inherited diseases with chromosomal variants and breaks. The viral cause is most likely due to mammals, such as cows, sheep, cats, rats, and primates, carrying the source of the virus. After the infected body enters the body, it alters the normal function of the genes and causes leukemia. Emission of radiation is a factor that can cause DNA to break. This causes the virus to be expelled from the cell or radiated. Therefore, radiation can also cause acute leukocytosis or chronic leukemia. There are also chemical factors, and chemical factors benzene is one of the more common triggers in leukemia.
Acute leukemia often occurs more rapidly and has a shorter course, often in adolescents and children. Patients may appear pale, sleepy, and weak and severely anemic. In acute leukemia, the body may show petechiae, blood spots, nosebleeds, excessive menstruation, bleeding from the eyes, and in severe cases, internal bleeding.