Symptoms: Are physical or mental changes that indicate the presence of a disease or condition. They can include pain, discomfort, changes in bodily functions, and changes in mood or behavior.

Carcinogen: Is any substance or agent that has the potential to cause cancer. This can include chemicals, radiation, and certain viruses. It's important to be aware of potential carcinogens in our environment and take steps to minimize our exposure to them.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. Symptoms caused from this cancer can include:

- Fatigue                                             - Weight Loss

- Shortness of Breath                        - Loss Of Appetite

- Bruising or Bleeding                      - Pale Skin

- Bone Pains                                      - Headaches

- Swollen Lymph Nodes                   - Blurred Vision

- Chest Pains                                     - Abdominal Pain

- Fever                                                - Frequent Infections

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, it is important speak with your healthcare provider for proper diagnosis and treatment.

Carcinogen/risk factors that can affect your chance of getting cancer/s. Different cancers have different risk factors. Some risk factors, like smoking can be changed. Others like a person's age or family history cannot be changed. But having a risk factor, or even several risk factors, do not always mean that a person will get the disease and many people get cancer without having any known risk factors.

Risk factors for Acute Myeloid Leukemia can be:

- Getting Older: Age.  

- Males: AML is more common in males than females.

- Smoking: The only proven lifestyle lated risk factor for AML is smoking.

- Being Exposed to Certain Chemicals: Long term exposure to benzene is a risk for AML. Benzene is a solvant used in the rubber industry, oil refineries, chemical plants, shoe manufacturing and gasoline related industries. It is found in cigarette smoke, gasoline, motor vehicle axhaust, glues, cleaning products, detergents, art supplies and paints. 

- Being Exposed to Radiation: High dose radiation exposure such as being a survivor of an automic bomb blast or nuclear reactor accident increass the risk of developing AML.

- Being treated with Certain Chemotherapy Drugs: Patients with cancer who are treated with certain chemotherapy drugs are more likley to develop AML in the years following treatment.

- Having Certain Blood Disorders: People with certain blood disorders seem to be at increased risk for getting AML.

- Having a Genetic Syndrome: Some syndromes that are caused by genetic mutations (abnormal changes) present at birth seem to raise the risk of AML. For example, Facing Anemia, Bloom Syndrome, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome and Neurofibroma.