Are there early warning signs of childhood cancer ?
Different countries, organisations and institutions unpack the early warning signs of childhood cancer in different ways so that people can understand it.
The most common early warning signs of children who might have cancer are:
- Seek medical help for persistent symptoms. Should a child receive treatment, and the symptoms do not go away on completion of the treatment, or when the symptoms are gone after treatment and come back, the parents must seek help.
- Seek medical help for a white reflex or a white spot in the eye , a recent onset of a squint, a bulging eye or a sudden loss of vision.
- Lumps, bumps or masses any place in the body but mostly in the stomach, head, jaw, cheek, arms, legs, glands and the groin area.
- Unexplained fever over two weeks, loss of weight, paleness (pallor), fatigue (tiredness), easy bleeding or bruising.
- Unexplained aching bones, joints and easy fractures.
- Headaches for more than a week with or without vomiting, enlarging head, change or deterioration in walk, balance or speech, and regression of milestones.
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- The Siluan Early Warning Signs of Childhood Cancer (CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation SA / South African Association of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, https://www.google.com/search?q=the+siluan+early+warning+signs+of+childhood+cancer&rlz=1C1CHBF_enZA1017ZA1017&oq=the+silua n+early+warning+signs+of+childhood+cancer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRig ATIHCAUQIRigAdIBCTExNTgxajBqN6gCCLACAfEF-AleGnDkTmfxBfgJXhpw5E5n&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
- Childhood Cancer Warning Signs (CANSA). https://cansa.org.za/cancer-warning-signs/
- The Early Warning Signs of Childhood Cancer (SIOP). https://www.google.com/search?q=SIOP+the+early+warning+signs+of+childhood+cancer&rlz=1C1CHBF_enZA1017ZA1017&oq=SIOP+the+
early+warning+signs+of+childhood+cancer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRiPAtIBCTEyNDM4aj BqNKgCALACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 - Signs and Symptoms of cancer in children (Cancer Research UK)- https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/childrens cancer/symptoms
- Warning signs of childhood cancer (Crayon). https://cancercrayon.co.za/warning-signs-of-childhood-cancer/ • Know the signs - Childhood Cancer Awareness (utmb Health - Texas University. https://www.utmb.edu/pedi/academic-divisions/hematology oncology/signs-of-childhood-cancer
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