Lung Cancer In Children - Signs And Symptoms. How To Treat Lung Cancer In Children

2024 Author: Josephine Shorter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:43

Lung cancer in children

A malignant tumor of epithelial origin, developing in the bronchi and respiratory tract, is a very dangerous disease. In an adult, this is a big trouble, but when lung cancer affects children, it is a tragedy. This is a rare disease, but it is still common. The problem is further complicated by the fact that the baby cannot correctly explain what is happening to him, where it hurts, what is the nature of the pain. Neoplasms are masked by symptoms of others, of a cold nature (whooping cough, for example).

Content:

• Secondary signs:
• Cancer Causes in Children
• Lung cancer symptoms in children

The first signs of lung cancer in children

Parents or people around them cannot imagine that coughing, lack of appetite, lethargy can be external manifestations of lung cancer at an early stage.

Secondary signs:

When a child develops bouts of coughing with phlegm, adults raise the alarm. Only after a wet cough do they begin to notice such signs:

• Hard breath;
• Bloated veins in the neck;
• Puffiness of the face;
• The child's complaints of pain in the head when coughing.

Following this, parents begin to speculate about where their child could have contracted cancer. Although one does not need to go far to answer this question.

Cancer Causes in Children

There are many causes of cancer in children. Here are the main ones:

• The result of secondhand smoke. Adults carelessly smoke in children's rooms, next to playgrounds;
• The modern ecological situation in industrial cities in itself provokes childhood lung cancer;
• Genetic disposition. Relatives of children with cancer have suffered from cancer;
• Smoking of the expectant mother during pregnancy;
• Toys and food can be the cause of the disease. Oncologists advise to choose infant formulas carefully, studying their composition and place of origin. It is better to refuse from bright Chinese toys, carcinogenic substances are used in dyes.

Lung cancer symptoms in children

Cancer cells have such a feature as overgrowth. Therefore, parents should be on the lookout if a child has a combination of the following symptoms:

• Severe headache;
• Swelling of the face, neck, swelling of the veins in the neck;
• Difficulty breathing with hoarseness;
• Attacks of violent cough with expectoration.

Adults should see a doctor immediately, without waiting for the cancer to progress to its final stages, and actively pursue treatment.

Cancer treatment in children, as well as in adults, is carried out with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. With a combination of these two methods, a sick child has a better chance of survival.

The author of the article: Bykov Evgeny Pavlovich | Oncologist, surgeon

Education: graduated from residency at the Russian Scientific Oncological Center. N. N. Blokhin "and received a diploma in the specialty" Oncologist"