In March last year, when 5-year-old Ming Ming was in kindergarten, he suddenly launched a high fever and fell unconscious, the teacher immediately called 120, sent Ming Ming to the hospital, lay in the hospital for several days, and still had a high fever, and then Ming Ming's parents took Ming Ming to the big hospital in the provincial capital**, and when he arrived at the hospital, the doctor gave Ming Ming a bone marrow aspiration examination, blood routine examination and other examinations, and was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, Ming Ming's mother cried in the hospital.
In recent years, rural children are at increasing risk of leukemia, why are rural children more likely to get leukemia?
1. Poor living environment: If rural children live in an unclean environment for a long time, such as long-term contact with rural soil and long-term consumption of contaminated food, it may lead to impaired immune function, susceptibility to viral infection, and induce leukemia;
2. Immune dysfunction: If rural children live for a long time and cannot ensure a balanced daily diet, it may lead to nutritional deficiency of the body, resulting in immune dysfunction, weakened antiviral ability, and easy to induce leukemia;
3. Genetic factors: If both parents or one of the parents of a rural child suffers from leukemia, the probability of the child suffering from leukemia may increase through genetic inheritance, resulting in leukemia for rural children;
4. Viral infection: If a rural child is infected with a virus, such as viral hepatitis, chickenpox, rubella virus, etc., the virus will enter the body through the blood, inhibiting normal hematopoietic cells, and at the same time, it will also cause DNA mutations, thereby inducing leukemia;
5. Other reasons: If rural children receive radiation for a long time or are exposed to toxic and harmful substances such as benzene for a long time, it may cause the body to be unable to resist foreign substances, causing genetic mutations, thereby inducing leukemia.
In daily life, it is recommended that parents should do a good job of personal protection for their children and avoid exposure to toxic and harmful substances. At the same time, pay attention to ensure a balanced diet, eat more foods rich in protein and vitamins, such as eggs, milk, apples, spinach, etc. If the child has abnormal symptoms, it is recommended to take the child to the hematology department of the hospital in time for blood routine and other examinations, and cooperate with the doctor after diagnosis**.