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Childhood cancer: know the signs, trust your gut
A message from Katie at Gold Geese, a local children’s cancer support charity: "September is childhood cancer awareness month and I want to raise as much awareness as possible about the signs and symptoms as getting help fast is important."
Key things to know:
• Children’s cancer is much less common than adults’
• Symptoms are similar to other illnesses so can be difficult to spot
• If you spot them in your child, don’t panic – they’re not usually cancer
• Trust your gut, and don’t be afraid to ask for more tests
Childhood cancer signs and symptoms include:
• unexplained vomiting
• inability to wee or having blood in their wee
• an unexplained lump, firmness or swelling anywhere in the body
• back or bone pain that doesn’t go away, or pain that wakes your child up in the night
• unexplained seizures (fits) or changes in their behaviour and mood
• headaches that don’t go away
• unusual paleness
• feeling tired all the time
• frequent infections or flu-like symptoms
• unexplained high temperature (fever) or sweating
• feeling short of breath
• changes in the appearance of the eye or unusual eye reflections in photos
For more information or to donate visit www.goldgeese.org.