Padma Bhushan singer Sharda Sinha, known as 'Bihar Kokila,' has been admitted to AIIMS Delhi and is on ventilator support. As per reports, the 72-year-old singer, who has sung many hit Bollywood songs like 'Taar Bijli' of Gangs of Wasseypur, has been on cancer treatment since 2017. The doctors of AIIMS said that she is 'hemodynamically stable,' which means her blood pressure and heart rate are normal and are under constant monitoring.
The type of cancer that has affected her is called 'Multiple Myeloma,' which mainly affects bone marrow and blood cells. It is generally called a 'B cell malignancy,' as it mainly affects B cells, a white blood cell part of our immune system. The B cells produce antibodies or proteins that identify and neutralize foreign substances like viruses, toxins and bacteria.
What causes the disease? The Mayo Clinic says that it's not clear yet what causes this time of cancer. However, it begins with a single plasma cell in the bone marrow. 'Something happens that turns the cell into a cancerous myeloma cell, and it begins to make more of such cells quickly,' says the clinic.
While healthy cells in our body grow and die at a set pace, cancer cells don't. They create extra cells, which eventually overpower and kill healthy cells. In those affected by Multiple Myeloma, the cancer cells crowd out healthy blood cells, leading to patient fatigue.
While the reasons for the cancer's development are not known, here are a few of the risk factors: 1) Old age, espec.
