In recent years, the incidence of leukemia is relatively high, especially the growth trend of child patients, leukemia is relatively special, there are no obvious symptoms before the onset of the disease, and many parents do not know anything about the disease.
According to the annual report of the National Children's Cancer Surveillance Annual Report 2020 released by the National Children's Cancer Surveillance Center, leukemia is the disease with the highest proportion of children discharged from the hospital with cancer monitored, accounting for 57.21%, followed by unknown and other malignant tumors, accounting for 16.21%.
Why are more and more children inexplicably infected with leukemia? The doctor reminded that these four things at home should be thrown away as soon as possible.
Inferior "toxic toys" that have entered the market
To say that today's children have really caught up with the good times, they have not worried about food and clothing since they were young, and they can also have access to various high-tech toys and electronic products, but behind the happy life, there are many hidden health hazards that no one knows.
Children's immunity and resistance are not as perfect as adults, and they are always prone to colds and fevers, and some other common diseases, so many parents ignore their children's physical condition.
According to incomplete statistics, the number of people suffering from leukemia in our country alone is several million, and it is increasing by tens of thousands every year, and children account for half of these people, mainly between the ages of 2 and 8.
The neighbor's children are less than 4 years old, usually the parents are busy, there is no time to take care of the children, basically by the grandparents are responsible for taking care of the children, the elderly especially love the children, the toys at home are piled up, and there is no place to put their feet.
Every time you come out to play, you have to buy a toy you like when you see it, and if you don't buy it, you will sit on the ground and roll and cry, I believe that many people have experienced such a stage, and children are full of curiosity about the world, which is a matter of course.
Play with glowing, running, flying, electric, mechanical, and even plush dolls, which can be bought by men for only a few dozen dollars.
Unexpectedly, the family moved away quickly, and later learned that the child had leukemia, spent a lot of money, and finally sold the house, and I don't know how the treatment was.
Doctors believe that the child's contract with this disease may be related to the things he or she is exposed to, especially those cheap toys.
Now the manufacturing industry is developed, any small workshop can produce all kinds of toys, and the flow to the market is even more varied, some manufacturers engage in wholesale, and even "on the pound".
Some people may notice that the production of toys will carry harmful substances, and they will smell it before buying, and then start without smell, but unfortunately this identification method is useless for some toys, they look colorless and odorless, but in fact, they are very toxic.
Black-hearted manufacturers are often most concerned about the cost of production, which determines whether they can seize the market, in order to save materials, they often use raw materials containing formaldehyde and diisononyl DINP.
Formaldehyde is colorless, but has a pungent smell, belongs to organic compounds, and the scientific community considers it to be the simplest aldehyde compound, which is often used as an ingredient in fungicides, disinfectants, preservatives and glues.
In addition, it is also an important industrial raw material, used in the manufacture of resins and coatings, as well as plastics and textiles, due to the country's strict control of such raw materials, many large manufacturers do not dare to use formaldehyde excess raw materials, but this also allows some small workshops to exploit loopholes.
Formaldehyde has long been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and long-term exposure to such substances will increase the risk of leukemia and cancer.
DINP, also known as diisononyl ester, is a plasticizer, belonging to the phthalate plastic plasticizer, adding diisononyl ester raw materials will appear softer, ductility is also good, many pipes contain this material.
According to the European Union's regulations on the safe use of DIDP, its concentration in the packaging process cannot exceed 0.1%, once exceeded, it will cause harm to the human body, which is often irreversible.
If these four things at home, must be thrown away as soon as possible, first of all, cheap spray paint toys, children like to bite with their teeth when playing with toys, parents should do a good job of correct guidance in time, can not ignore.
There is also synthetic wooden furniture, many people love to buy bargains, in fact, they are synthetic boards, the adhesives in them often have harmful substances, and excessive formaldehyde may also induce leukemia.
Parents who like to buy brightly colored children's clothing should also pay attention to the fact that these paints are often excessive aromatic amines, which are Class II carcinogens named by the World Health Organization.
Now stir-fry like to use non-stick pans, but some non-stick pan coatings will slowly fall off over time, a large number of harmful substances are eaten by people, if there is a pot at home where the coating is obviously off, remember to throw it away immediately, after all, health is the first.
Finally, let's explain what exactly is leukemia and its causative factors, leukemia is a malignant neoplastic disease of the blood and bone marrow system caused by abnormally proliferating white blood cells.
Normally, white blood cells are a defense mechanism of the body to fight off infections and other diseases, such as when we are injured, white blood cells promote the synthesis of platelets to allow blood to clot, and quickly repair wounds.
However, people with leukemia do not have this feature, and the bone marrow and hematopoietic tissues produce an abnormal number of white blood cells, or different types of white blood cells, which, in short, do not perform their functions properly.
They can accumulate in blood vessels in large quantities and affect normal hematopoietic function, and the medical community mainly divides leukemia into two types: acute leukemia and chronic leukemia, which are distinguished according to the speed of onset and progression of leukemia.
We generally talk about acute leukemia, which progresses quickly and patients can develop severe symptoms that can be life-threatening if left untreated.
The other is chronic leukemia, which is caused by abnormal proliferation of lymphocytes or granulocytes, which, although they function normally, are in higher than normal levels and crush the bone marrow, affecting hematopoiesis.
Chronic leukemia has a relatively slow onset and mild symptoms, so as long as you seek medical attention promptly, you can get good treatment.
There are signs in the early stage of leukemia, which generally manifest as anemia, paleness, severe bleeding and recurrent fever, and with the decline of immune function, patients are susceptible to a variety of diseases.
If you find that you are unwell, please go to the hospital for examination in time for early detection and early treatment.
Text: Uncle Luo Ying
Edited by Uncle Luo Ying
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The original article was published in a report on NetEase News "This kind of clothing comparable to chronic "poison", is your baby still wearing?".
The original article was published in the report of The Paper "This 2-gram lethal toxin is hidden in the baby's favorite Internet celebrity toy".