Cancer and the symptoms that often occur in children

The last few years, more and more recorded cases of cancer in children. but certainly not known what causes cancer in children. Cancer that attacks since the baby was born, it is alleged irregularities cell growth due to genetic defects in the womb. In children is greater, is suspected of pemicunya environmental factors and children's food is not healthy. Can be also due to virus infection or radiation. Or blend between genetic factors, environment, radiation, and infection.

cases of cancer that most often found in children is a blood cancer or leukemia (25-30%), followed by retinoblastoma (eye cancer retina), limfoma (lymph gland cancer), neuroblastoma (nerve cancer), kidney cancer (Wilms tumor ), rabdomiosarkoma (lurik muscle cancer), and osteosarkoma (bone cancer).

As with adults, cancer in children most likely to be cured if found early in the stadium. But early detection of cancer to children is not easy, because children can not understand the symptoms and told dirasakannya. Therefore, the role of people in the surrounding areas are very important in detecting the symptoms of cancer.

symptoms of cancer is often the case, taken from several sources are:

Blood cancer (leukemia)

Symptoms are often found in leukemia, among others, face pale, listless, weak, fever is not clear and is not cured by antibiotics, the bleeding is not clear, the surface skin appear livid livid when not collide, painful movement members (bones), stomach swollen / hard, lymph gland enlargement.

Brain cancer

Symptoms that often happens is a headache the longer the heavy, accompanied by nausea and vomiting due to the pressure hose from the increase in the head. Can also talk with interference, vision disturbances, balance disturbances, convulsions, decrease awareness, and even changes in behavior can occur. Special features on the baby head is the top appear prominent.

Retina Eye Cancer (Retinoblastoma)

Cancer is most often attacked babies aged 6 months-2 years. Symptoms that often happens is The speck of white in the middle of the eye that seems wrong when the light is shining (like cat's eyes). Other symptoms is delayed vision, suddenly cast in, and at the stadium go eyeball protruding out.

Cancer lymph nodes (Limfoma Maligna)

Cancer is the most children age 5-7 years. Symptoms are often found when there is a progressive gland swelling lymph-gland in the neck, axilla, and the intestine, without the inflammation and pain. When you arise in the lymph gland in the intestine, can cause the intestine sumbatan with symptoms of stomachache, vomiting, unable to defecate, and fever. When grown in the chest, can encourage the breath or pressing the channel, so that the patient experienced shortness of breath and face turn. In addition, children appear weak, listless, and decreased appetite.

Saraf cancer (Neuroblastoma)

Cancer simpatis this nerve can occur in different parts of the body. In the children most often occur near the kidneys, the lumbar region, in the neck or chest cavity, and eyes. If there are areas in the eye, can make the ball protruding eyes, eyelid swelling and blue, or the lid down, and the pupil broad. When found in the spine, can press spinal cord and cause paralysis that quickly. Distribution of the bones can cause a fracture without reason, without pain, so people suddenly limp. Other symptoms appear is the bulge-bulge in the head, stomach or belly and hard.

Kidney cancer (Nefroblastoma)

Nefroblastoma often called Wilms Tumor is the most children aged 3-4 years, but can also attack the new born baby. Symptoms marked with bloody urine, malaise in the stomach, and when the stomach is quite large and appear to swell teraba hard.

Muscle cancer (Rabdomiosarkoma)

Cancer can strike anywhere in the muscles, usually in children in the area of the head, neck, bladder, prostat, and vagina. Symptoms depend on the location of the cause. In the eye socket, can cause eye out prominent, in the eyes bulge. In the ear causing pain or discharge of blood from the ear hole. Channel in the urine cause interference berkemih. If the muscle to move, cause swelling.

Cancer dislocated (Osteosarkoma)

Osteosarkoma usually attack children aged 10-20 years. Can attack every part of the bones, but most are found in the leg, arm and waist. Usually marked by pain and swelling on the bone. Sometimes caused by a concussion, such as the fall of the causes are not clear.

If you find symptoms like the above on the baby and your children, consult the doctor immediately. Treated in essentially the same as the adults, the combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and bone marrow transplants.

Are prevention efforts that can be done is, pregnant mothers should avoid radiation, avoid pollution and cigarette smoke, always eat healthy foods and avoid foods that contain chemicals, a reduced consumption of fat, and get the children to live healthy, eat healthy food, protection from pollution.