Discovery/cancer in children

Do children also have cancer? It is always an emotional moment to announce to concerned parents that their child is suffering from cancer. To get o the understanding of the concept that cancer as an infection has no age limit and answer the question above, do children have cancer also? We have to really know a little fact about the way our maker made these innocent children to resist some external attack on their immune system. Children are unique and most of the cancers they suffer are relatively and imminently curable as with many other medical conditions. However, late presentation is often a challenge because these children are brought to the hospital when all hope is nearly lost. These parents should have started out earlier by visiting a nursing home or some chemist/pharmacist close to their home before finally visiting the hospital. Sadly it is when they arrive at the hospital is the time they became impatient not wanting to carry out all the investigations requested and even worse, wanting something done immediately to remove the disease. These cancers have to be confirmed in many ways; X-rays, scans, blood test, urine tests and biopsies before a treatment plan is formulated for that individual. In reality, cancer is not a disease where one diagnosis fits every patient. The common cancers seen in children are usually involved or related to the kidney, liver, urinary bladder, muscles, the supra-renal gland which is a small organ that sits on top of the kidneys and very rarely, along the bones. Other cancers seen in children involve the white blood cell component of the blood and the lymphoid organs of the lymph nodes, Spleen and liver. it is important to stress here that parents need to be more observant of their children as they grow up. There ought to be no room where parents are busy chasing their careers to the detriment of their children’s health status. These are diseases do not simply arrive from not where, but often takes several months to develop. Basically a child with cancer will become less and less active. He will less energetic too. He will show certain swellings involving the affected part or at least, pointing to the affected part and there may be associated pain with attendant loss of appetite and excessive sleeping. Certain cancers which involve the intra-abdominal region will present with swelling. This is also the case with those involving the lymphoid organs. Children who suddenly develop swellings in the groin, arm-pit and neck at about the same time (swellings which feels like seed) should see a doctor without delay as with those who bleed from the gum or develop swellings in the joints or small boils resembling acne around their head and neck region. This piece is not intended to make the reader attempt to diagnose these problems but to know by merely taking a glance that certain growth which shouldn’t be where they are, are seen as potentially dangerous and should as such be brought to the doctor’s attention the minimum delay. Nothing could be further from e reality that the consequences of delaying treatment are disastrous.