A 7-year-old child in Guangzhou was diagnosed with fever and anemia. The parents took him to check and finally found leukemia . The parents were unable to accept this result, but the examination results were not wrong. Finally, the doctor learned that the child's mother mentioned that the wardrobe at home had a strong smell. Finally, they went home for testing and found that their formaldehyde was seriously exceeding the standard, and the entire home renovation cost more than one million.
A 3-year-old child from Nanjing was also diagnosed with leukemia, but she said that there was no abnormality in the child's physical examination before. After thinking about it, she felt that it might be related to the house they lived in. The child suffered from this disease and found that the formaldehyde in the house they lived in was also exceeded the standard.
Examples like this are not uncommon, and most of them have two similarities: one is that patients with leukemia are all very young children, and the other is that they all seem to be related to decoration and formaldehyde.
What is leukemia? Is it cancer?
It is malignant tumors occurring in the human bone marrow and lymphatic system .
1-14 years old The incidence and mortality rate of leukemia in adolescents and children is ranked first in compared with other tumors in the same age.
According to the "China Children's Hematologic Disease 2020 White Paper", among the children with this disease, acute lymphocytic leukemia accounts for 72.6%.
Why do many children find it difficult for parents to accept it when they are diagnosed, and they feel that there is no problem with the child before, so why did they suddenly get leukemia? Is it no signal?
is actually not without it. It’s just that the abnormalities in the child are treated as a minor problem. You don’t think of leukemia, and you also think that your child will not get it. However, the minor problem that many parents think may be its early manifestation.
What warning will the body have before leukemia arrives?
Irregular fever
Fever is common in both adults and children. For very young babies, sometimes the body temperature rises even more. If it is the first time a child appears, many parents will be very worried, but if it appears a few times, they often have experience: when the body temperature is not very high, physically cool down first, and if it rises later, then take medicine.
A common manifestation of this disease is fever. If it is intermittent, irregular heat, the temperature is mostly between 37.5 and 40 degrees. Pay attention to it, do not delay, and seek medical examination in a timely manner.
Body bleeding
For example, Nose and Oral bleeding , appears in children, some parents do not take it seriously, thinking that it may be related to the dry weather, or the children are naughty, thinking it is caused by accidental bumps. However, bleeding is also one of the common manifestations of this disease. If the child often appears and the cause is unknown, it is best to pay attention to it and check it.
Body pain
For children, they are in the growth and development stage. Parents may think that this is Growth pain , which is normal, it will be fine after this stage. However, this abnormality should also be paid attention to. If pain, dull pain or swelling and pain often occurs in limbs, sternum , etc., you should pay attention to it.
When children experience these abnormalities, parents should pay attention to it and should not always treat it as a minor problem. Especially if it does not improve after treatment, they should pay more attention to taking the child to seek medical treatment early and not dragging it on.
Why do children always get leukemia? Is it really related to formaldehyde and decoration?
Many people think that the disease is related to formaldehyde, and a newly renovated house cannot be moved in with your bag immediately because it is because of the high formaldehyde. I think the disease is now at a high incidence and it is related to it.
Regarding the relationship between the two, has no clear conclusion yet.The causes of leukemia are relatively complex, such as gene mutations, viruses, high doses of radiation, etc.
But formaldehyde may be difficult to get rid of the body . Although it is not a material that cannot be missing for home decoration, many materials will have more formaldehyde residual , and they will be released. People are in this environment for a long time and their physical health will be easily affected, such as affecting the health of , nervous system , sensitization, and stimulating the skin and mucous membranes. may even increase respiratory system tumor risk .
Because many childhood patients have had a certain degree of decoration history before onset of the disease. It was reported that Harbin Hematologic Research Institute had tracked it, and finally found that 47.6% of them had indoor decoration or environmental pollution.
and it mainly gathers in a space range of about one meter on the ground. For children, according to statistics, they spend more time in in the room than adults, and may inhale more. In addition, the child's body has not yet matured, and the immunity of is also weaker than that of adults, and the probability of being hit is relatively high.
If you want to reduce this risk, please remind everyone to note that if you want to decorate your home or move a new home, it is best to ventilate it first. Generally speaking, it is best to ventilate it for newly renovated 1 year later and then consider moving in. You can ask a professional to check it out. In terms of decoration, it is recommended to make simpler . For example, curtains, it is not recommended to choose curtains that are suddenly complicated and have many colors. Simpler ones may add less, and the remaining ones will be less.
For who are engaged in dyes, chemical , after the work is over, it is recommended not to go home with work clothes, and wash your hands first after returning home. You should also pay attention to reasonable cleaning at home.
To sum up, leukemia is more common in children, which may be related to long-term in an environment where formaldehyde exceeds the standard, but it cannot be said that the two are causal relationships and reduce risks. Please remind everyone to pay attention to the above matters when decorating your home. This disease is also a sign of signs. If the above abnormalities occur in the children, parents should pay attention to it.
