What kind of children will get leukemia?

Friends who often browse information online will know that there are children with leukemia in many areas waiting for donations. So people can't help but sigh, why does leukemia always befall children, and often appears in children from poor families. This is obviously a bit unfair. In fact, there is no question of fairness or unfairness when it comes to diseases. As long as we do our best, many diseases can be avoided. So the question is, what kind of children will get leukemia?

The characteristic of acute leukemia in children is rapid onset. In the early stage of the disease, most children will have fever of varying degrees, and the fever is mostly irregular. The characteristics of fever in childhood leukemia are that the fever is relatively high, the fever lasts for a long time, and generally no obvious infection focus can be found. At the same time as the fever, the children may have skin bleeding spots, some children may develop anemia, and some children may experience bone and joint pain. During a physical examination, doctors may find an enlarged liver, spleen, and lymph nodes. For children with unexplained fever accompanied by these clinical symptoms and signs, doctors must check the child's peripheral blood count, paying special attention to changes in the number and shape of white blood cells. If the number and shape of white blood cells are abnormal, a bone marrow puncture examination should be performed.

Childhood leukemia has two characteristics: one is that it is highly malignant and the disease progresses rapidly, mostly in acute stages; the other is that it is very sensitive to chemotherapy and cancer cells are easily killed. In addition, my country has made great progress in the use of bone marrow transplantation to treat leukemia, so there is great hope for clinical cure. Therefore, if leukemia in childhood can be discovered in time and appropriate treatment methods are used, satisfactory results can often be achieved.

The cause of the disease is still unclear, but most evidence suggests that it is related to certain viral infections, or excessive exposure to radioactive substances and certain chemicals such as benzene. However, external factors always work through internal factors, so the child’s own low immune function is the main condition for the onset of the disease. Strengthening the physical fitness can reduce the invasion of carcinogenic factors. Once the disease occurs, early detection and regular treatment can completely cure some patients. It is currently believed to be related to the following factors. ① Viral factors; ② Chemical factors; ③ Radiation factors; ④ Genetic factors.