6 Types of Cancer that Can Attack Your Little One

6 Types of Cancer that Can Attack Your Little One - Healthy friend, do you know? It turns out that cancer does not only attack adults, you know, but also your child. The difference in cancer that attacks the child is iuni disease can not be prevented like adults.

Oh yes, besides that the type of cancer that infects your child is divided into two namely, blood cancer (leukemia ) and solid tumors. There are 6 cancers that you can learn, to recognize the symptoms. So, let's check it out!

1. Leukemia
Leukemia is the number 1 cancer that often attacks the child. This disease is caused by excessive production of white blood cells. In Indonesia, 46 cases of children have leukemia.

In addition to affecting the blood, this disease can also affect the formation of body tissues, such as the bone marrow and lymphatic system (tissue that helps clear toxins) .  Symptoms of your child affected by this disease are, often fever, pale face, and frequent bleeding on the skin, gums, or nose.

2. Lymph nodes
Lymph nodes (lymphoma), is a type of blood cancer that attacks the lymphatic system . This disease is caused by white blood cells that do not function properly, which is 'dividing' faster than usual.

Oh yes, the characteristic if your child has this disease is that the neck gets bigger in a short amount of time, so that you won't feel pain if the lump is held or pressed.

3. Rhabdomyosarcoma
One other cancer that can attack your child is Rhabdomyosarcoma. This disease is caused by primitive muscle cells that attack muscle parts. This disease can also be caused by radiation, smoking, viruses, and genetic factors.

4. Eye cancer
Eye cancer (retinoblastoma) is a disease that attacks the eye area. There are 13 cases in Indonesia that experience this disease. The initial symptoms of a person experiencing this disease are, eyes become red, vision problems and squint.

5. Brain Cancer
Another type of cancer is brain cancer. Even though a bump in the brain cannot be seen or touched, but you should suspect it, you know! Someone who experiences this disease, will have symptoms such as dizziness, balance disorders, spraying vomiting and paralysis.

6. Neuroblasma
Neuroblasma is one of the solid tumors originating from the suprarenal gland (kidneys of the kidneys). These tumors have specific characteristics, such as physically visible bulge and when pressed will feel a lump. This disease, usually occurs more often in infants.

Well Healthy Friends, that's six diseases that are at risk of attacking your child. So,  let's prevent cancer early! Pay attention to the symptoms that exist in each of these diseases, so that healing can be done immediately. Do not forget to spread it to the people closest to you, yes!