Recovery treatment of thyroid cancer in children

In the first few weeks after the treatment the child may still be reduced by a blood test. If in this period, he has a fever and other symptoms, consult a doctor. Perhaps he will have to undergo a course of antibiotic treatment.

In addition, for the first time, the child can suffer from fatigue - this is a normal consequence of long-term treatment and possibly low levels of thyroid hormones Thyroid hormones: mechanism of action and physiological effects . Most parents of children who had thyroid cancer, indicate that their condition is stable for several months. At this time, it is important to monitor the sleep habits Dreams: how to understand our dreams   your child - and to do everything necessary to ensure that he slept as best as possible.

In the first year after treatment for thyroid cancer Thyroid cancer: it is curable   the child must undergo a monthly survey. Children who recover from certain types of thyroid carcinoma, the survey assigned once in 6-12 weeks.

The main objective of these surveys - to make sure that come remission.

Contact your doctor if the child has the following symptoms:

• Body temperature above 38C, continuing for several days;
• Bruising for no apparent reason;
• Frequent headaches and / or vomiting in the morning;
• Swollen lymph nodes;
• Changes in mental status, including unusual behavior and the weakening of attention;
• Weakness in arms and legs, with no apparent reason (such as physical stress);
• Changes in intestinal motility and / or frequency of urination;
• Pain, because of which the child wakes up at night.

A year after the end of treatment blood tests are usually already the norm, and the immune system is functioning well. If during therapy the child has lost his hair, for a year they grow. In addition, many of the children there is a "catch-up" growth - they grow quickly, as if to compensate for lost time during therapy (due to the impact of powerful medication can significantly slow down growth).

Time intervals between inspections is gradually increasing. After 2-5 years after the treatment has been completed, the inspection is required, usually not more than one or two times a year.

As the child grows up, he needs to learn as much as possible about their disease, including existing probability of relapse. Often during treatment of the children were so small that they almost do not remember anything about that time. How would any parent want to protect a child from unpleasant information, he should know exactly what he needs regular checkups, and what might happen if he stops them going.

Long-term effects of thyroid cancer

Possible long-term effects of thyroid cancer depends on the variety of carcinomas, the type of therapy, which he passed, the child's age during treatment, and many other factors. If treatment is successful, and the future child regularly undergo a medical examination, he has a good chance to live a long and healthy life - cancer of the thyroid gland Thyroid cancer: it is curable   It is one of the least insidious cancer. However, you can not ignore the medical examinations in any case: only time they will help to determine what started a relapse - if, after all, it will happen.

Cystic hygroma in fetuses and newborns

Cystic hygroma child may be formed on virtually any part of the body, but in 75% of cases hygroma appear on the neck and head, more often - the left side. Approximately 20% of cystic hygromas formed in the armpits, and much less, they appear in the mediastinum, the groin, the retroperitoneal space, and other fields.

Scientists believe that cystic hygroma formed in utero by a combination of factors such as the inability of the lymphatic system in certain areas to connect to the venous system and certain abnormalities in lymphatic tissues. Consequence is the formation of cavities in which fluid accumulates. In some cases, such hygroma may be acquired, for example, due to injury, surgery, inflammation or obstruction of the lymphatic channels.

How common

Cystic hygroma occurs in newborns 6000-16000. According to various estimates, in 2-6% of cases this leads to swelling of the child's death, most often due to associated pneumonia and / or airway obstruction. The greatest risk associated with large-sized tumors. In addition, the detection hygroma in utero may be recommended abortion.

In most cases (50-65%), cystic hygroma detected immediately after birth or before. 80-90% hygromas detected in the age of two, and only a small part of them - have older children. As a rule, a cystic hygroma can be detected by abdominal ultrasound (US) is already at the tenth week of pregnancy. To get a clearer picture of the tumor and accurately assess its size, it can be used with magnetic resonance imaging.

Symptoms

The surface of the skin above the cystic hygroma in the newborn may have a bluish tint, although it often looks perfectly normal. Such hygroma can dramatically increase in size, for example, after infection, and the likelihood that they will disappear without medical assistance, is extremely small.

Symptoms hygroma in the neck in young children may be sleep apnea Stop breathing (apnea) during sleep - upper airway obstruction   in a dream Dreams: how to understand our dreams , Unusual noises when breathing, shortness of breath. Often, problems with feeding, because of what the child can gain weight too slow.

In 25-70% of children with cystic hygroma meet different chromosomal disease. Experts point out that among the kids who have these benign tumors are more common Turner's syndrome, Down's syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome and trisomy of chromosome 18 and 13 (Edwards syndrome and Patau syndrome, respectively). However, these hereditary disease apparently are not direct causes of the formation hygroma.

Dangers

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is associated with the formation of cystic hygromas the fetus, as well as an increased risk of certain congenital disorders. An important role is also played by heredity parents and their way of life, in general.

Very often the fruit, which has found cystic hygroma, dies before the third trimester of pregnancy or abortion is carried out because of the high risk of having a baby with a variety of developmental disabilities. Infants who were born with a hygroma, in most cases require surgery.

Treatment

Sometimes, it may be used with medication, such drugs as picibanil (OK-432), bleomycin, interferon alpha-2a, and others. UC-432 - is a sclerosing agent, which can lead to fibrosis cystic hygroma. Since the injection of the drug make a puncture hygroma, some experts believe that the therapeutic effect is achieved mainly by removing the contents of the tumor. Bleomycin is used rarely - it is due to its high toxicity and the availability of safer drugs. Nevertheless, in some cases the use of this drug may be acceptable.

Sometimes, for the treatment of cystic hygromas injections of ethanol - it also has an effect on the sclerosing tissue forming hygroma. Such treatment does not always give the expected results, but at least it is relatively safe.

Interferon alpha-2a are often recommended for use in Cystic Hygroma, even though its effectiveness has not been proven, and it can cause serious side effects, among them - lack of appetite, fever, tremor, inflammation of the liver, a reduced level of white blood cells in the blood, decrease in platelets Platelets - what they are for the body? .

Complications of cystic hygroma in newborns may include: airway obstruction, internal bleeding, infections, deformities of adjacent teeth or bone structures. After removal hygroma surgically likelihood of recurrence is very low. If it happens, most often in the first year after surgery.

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