An 8-year-old baby suffers from leukemia, and his father refuses treatment because he is afraid of 'being short of money and money': This is a bottomless pit

"It's a bottomless pit, and it can't be cured." Faced with his son suffering from leukemia, his father Wang Bao (pseudonym) refused to treat him.

8-year-old Qiangqiang is in the first grade. His mother, Zhang Ya, noticed that Qiangqiang had a yellow complexion, loss of appetite, and kept complaining about leg pain , so she took him to the local No. 1 People's Hospital for an examination. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia .

Facing the strong list of confirmed cases, the husband and wife have completely different attitudes. Father Wang Bao thought it was an incurable disease and wanted to give up treatment, while mother Zhang Ya felt sorry for Qiangqiang and was very angry at Wang Bao's attitude of giving up.

Two weeks after Qiangqiang was hospitalized, Wang Bao refused to accept the treatment plan. Although Zhang Ya refused to sign, Wang Bao still signed the "rejection of treatment" on the discharge notice and took Qiangqiang home.

When the reporter went to interview, Wang Bao said that he was giving Qiangqiang some health care products and would never be admitted to the hospital for treatment. He thinks that doctors are lying. Leukemia cannot be cured. In the end, it must be a waste of money and money. It is better to forget it at home. In fact, according to the doctor's examination, it was found that Qiangqiang has no high-risk factors, and the cure rate after standard treatment is about 80% , and he can live a normal life. Childhood leukemia is no longer an incurable disease in the traditional sense.

According to the data published in the "National Children's Tumor Detection Annual Report 2020", the current prevalence of leukemia in children's tumors accounts for 57.21%, and it is the childhood tumors with the largest number of patients.

Why do children get leukemia? Is leukemia treatment a bottomless pit ? Today Xiao Jiu will talk to you about childhood leukemia.

1. What is it that makes leukemia reach out to children?

The news of children suffering from leukemia seems to be more and more common in recent years, and among childhood tumors, the proportion of leukemia is indeed very high. Why do children always get leukemia?

Another name for leukemia is blood cancer, which is a cancer of the blood. Generally, normal blood cells are divided into three types: white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. After excessive and abnormal differentiation of these white blood cells, a large number of non-functional cells will be produced. They will infiltrate and destroy everywhere, and will also limit other functional platelets and red blood cells The proliferation of these cells will eventually cause the patient to show various symptoms such as fever, anemia, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and this is leukemia.

What is the cause of leukemia? Liu Qifa, Chief Physician of the Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, expressed his opinion: Although the pathogenesis of leukemia has not yet been clarified, it may be related to many factors, such as environmental pollution, family inheritance, and viral infection. "Leukemia is not caused by a single factor, but is often caused by the interaction of multiple factors," Director Liu Qifa emphasized.

In fact, not only children, anyone can suffer from leukemia, and the following are the killers.

1. Inferior stationery

Long-term use of inferior and unqualified stationery, such as "scented" ballpoint pens, is likely to cause chronic benzene poisoning in children and increase the risk of leukemia.

2. Drug abuse

Medication must be prescribed by the doctor, and drugs must not be abused, especially when taking cytotoxic anticancer drugs, chloramphenicol, immunosuppressants and other drugs.

3. High-risk places

Formaldehyde, benzene and other volatile organic compounds may be produced by various paints, board furniture, floors, etc. Staying in this environment for a long time will increase the risk of leukemia. In addition, people who live near chemical plants and oil fields for a long time, or who have been exposed to chemical agents for a long time will also have a higher risk of leukemia.

Generally speaking, acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounts for 70% of childhood leukemia , and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia accounts for 20-30%. From 2007 to 2012, Professor Fang Yongjun, Chief Physician of Hematology and Oncology Department of Nanjing Children's Hospital, and his team compared 570 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with 1,000 normal children.

In the end, Professor Fang Yongjun's team found that:

·The odds of children suffering from leukemia will increase by 4.76 times if they live in a newly renovated house within half a year.

·Drinking and smoking during pregnancy will cause harm to the unborn child, leading to an increase in the prevalence of leukemia in the child.

2. These symptoms should not be ignored in children

Children are the hope of a family and even a country. Parents should pay more attention to their children's health problems. Especially if the children have the following symptoms, be alert to whether it is a signal of leukemia. It is best to take the children to the hospital for a comprehensive examination in time.

• Pale, with symptoms of anemia;

• After the child passes the treatment, the symptoms of high fever are repeated and persist;

• The child's skin has bleeding spots or bruises, bleeding gums, and nosebleeds;

•Bone marrow pain, easy to wake up at night;

• Enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged liver and spleen;

Here we also want to remind everyone that leukemia is easy to be confused with rheumatoid diseases . Ke Zhiyong, deputy chief physician from the Department of Pediatrics of Zhongshan First Hospital, gave suggestions for distinguishing:

Fever, joint pain, and blood routine abnormalities caused by leukemia are very similar to those of rheumatoid arthritis, but leukemia can also cause hepatosplenomegaly and secondary repeated infections. In addition, the diagnosis of leukemia is not only based on symptoms, but more importantly, bone marrow examination.

Many people, like Qiangqiang's father, think that leukemia is incurable. In fact, the cost of leukemia treatment is not a bottomless pit.

Li Jian, director of the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Fujian Medical University Affiliated Union Hospital, believes that the general course of treatment for acute leukemia in children is about 2-3 years. If no serious complications occur during the treatment, the total cost of treatment for acute lymphoblastic type is 10. Up and down ten thousand yuan. Still, it's a huge hardship for some families.

3. The incidence of childhood cancer is regular

It is always difficult to connect tumors with children, but in the past 30 years, the incidence of childhood tumors in China has been increasing year by year. Common childhood tumors include leukemia, nervous system tumors, lymphoma, etc.

Generally speaking, the period of 1-3 years old is the high incidence period of various blastomas, and after 6 years old, children will enter a relatively safe period, and between 12-14 years old, non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma and osteosarcoma peak period.

In daily life, if parents find that their child has abnormal mass, unexplained pain, fever, weight loss, precocious puberty and other symptoms , they must pay attention to it and seek medical treatment in time.

In addition, children can be self-examined in the following two ways.

①Touch self-examination

After placing the fingers together, check the child in the following three order:

• From the front of the neck and both sides → the upper and lower sides of the shoulder clavicle and armpit → elbow joint and two arms (head and neck upper limbs)

•Abdomen→both sides of abdomen→groin→inside of thigh→full foot and toes (front body lower limb)

•Scapula→gluteal groove→coccyx and anus (back perineum)

Abnormal conditions: abnormal lumps are touched, there is an obvious sense of swelling, and the child has pain, etc.

② Abdominal examination

Put your fingers together and gently press the child's navel with the palm, and slowly press down deep until it reaches the spine.

Abnormal conditions: There is a sense of swelling in the abdomen, the beating in front of the spine cannot be felt, the child feels tenderness and discomfort, etc.

In the past, leukemia was regarded as an incurable disease, but with the continuous advancement of medical technology, leukemia has the opportunity to be cured. Of course, for cancer, the more important thing is "prevention". As a parent, you should create a healthy living environment for your children, and always pay attention to your children's health status. In addition to daily self-examination, you should also take your children to the hospital for regular physical examinations. Early detection and treatment of cancer can benefit children. Good for survival!

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