The three types of cancer children are prone to are acute leukemia, neuroblastoma, and retinoblastoma.
There are 160,000 children with cancer in the world, of which around 90,000 children die. According to Associate Professor Dr. Allen Yeoh, Asia's leading doctor in the field of cancer and pediatric hematology, there are three types of childhood cancers, acute leukemia and neuroblastoma. retinoblastoma.
Initial symptoms of these diseases:
- Acute Leukemia: Common in children from 2 to 5 years old, with fever fever, antibiotics have been used, but not relieved, tired, play less, skin gradually. In the late stage, the disease may cause the baby to appear symptoms of anemia, hemorrhage, infection, hepatomegaly, spleen, enlarged lymph nodes.
- Neuroblastoma: The indication for the diagnosis of the disease is suggested by the location of the tumor. Baby feels headache, full stomach, irritability, fatigue. Some kidney or urinary disorders. In addition, the baby may have narrowed pupils, collapse, reduced sweating.
- Reticular retinoblastoma: Common in infants under 3 years old. She has white spots in her eyes, seen when her eyes are moving or she has white spots on her pupils. At later stages of the disease, the baby may be crooked, renal papillae, common urinary blood, high blood pressure, abdominal tumors.