Knowing Cancer Symptoms in Children

In contrast to adult cancers, cancer in children can not be detected relatively early. As a result, parents are often missed in identifying cancer in children.

Even so, parents are still able to recognize the symptoms of cancer in children. "Cancer in children is not known cause, prevented, or detected early. However, parents can still recognize the first signs of a larger and potentially cured, if treated at an early stage," says oncologist son of Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Edi Setiawan Tehuteru , Monday (02/17/2014).

Parents can recognize bumps on the eyes, neck, lung, stomach, genitals, brain, hands, and feet as an early sign of cancer in children. In addition to the lump, there are other signs of symptoms of cancer in children, the following explanation:

1. Eyes
Parents should be suspicious if a child's eyes look like cat eyes, red, cross-eyed, and visual disturbances. Usually parents will give eye drops when her eyes are reddish. However, if within 3 days of red eyes never healed, parents should immediately take him to the clinic, hospital, or other health centers. Because the red-eye may be an early symptom of cancer of the eye.

2. Neck
Parents should be wary if you find a lump in the neck enlarged child in a short time. Unlike the bumps due to infection, swollen due to cancer do not feel pain when touched or hot when touched. The lump should be confirmed prior to obtaining medical treatment. In addition to cancer, a lump in the neck can also be caused by an infection of the teeth and ears.

3. Lung
Usually the child will experience shortness of breath in his lungs when no lumps. However, these lumps are not cancer, because there is no lung cancer in children. Cancer of the lung is usually the distribution of other types of cancer, such as bone cancer.

4. Stomach
All the organs in the abdomen include the liver, kidney, and ovary cancer. If there are lumps are usually easy to spot because the child will be bulging belly. This condition should alert you to the health facility and should not be too often suppressed. The emphasis is too often on the belly will facilitate the spread of cancer cells.

5. The genitals
Lumps of cancer in the genitals is more easily recognized in boys. Physically parents can see this sign include right and left testes were not the same, the organ affected by cancer becomes harder, and there is no sign of infection. Cancer on the genitals is also usually a result another distribution, for example blood cancer (leukemia).

6. Brain
Parents can not recognize or notice a lump in the child's brain. But parents can still be aware of this phenomenon by looking at the effects. These impacts include dizziness, vomiting hose, paralysis, and impaired balance.

7. Hands and feet
Bumps on the two organs are usually easily visible mover. Parents should be wary if a lump or pain accompanied by fever.

When bumps along his symptoms found in children, then parents should immediately take him to a health facility. "Cancer faster found then the greater the chance of recovery up to 80 percent. This opportunity is smaller when the cancer is found at an advanced stage," said Edi.