Pediatric Leukemias: Managing Side Effects

Pediatric hematology is in the process of continuous improvement. Innovative approaches, alternative treatment methods can increase the number of children who, as a result of program therapy, received a long, full-scale remission. Treatment protocols regularly updated with new ways to combat blood diseases. Pediatric hematology uses effective treatment programs with minimal toxicity. This reduces the likelihood of adverse reactions in the child’s body.

For younger children, adolescents who have undergone malignant blood disease, structured, ongoing monitoring is necessary. In the course of regular examinations, the hematologist analyzes the patient’s health status and monitors the remission process. A feature of the side effects of hematological treatment is the duration of the latent period. The first signs of negative influence may appear in ten, twenty years. 

The main danger after the treatment of lymphoma, leukemia is the high probability of the return of the disease. After many years, the risk of relapse not excluded.

Negative effects of radiation therapy for children

Radiation therapy refers to the conventional methods of independent, postoperative, preoperative treatment of patients with lymphoma, leukemia. The main adverse reactions of the body:

• Fibro-sclerotic changes in the soft tissue of the irradiated area;
• The formation of scars, skin seals;
• Asymmetric, not the proportional physique of the child;
• Signs of hyperpigmentation on the skin;
• Impairment of motor function, stiffness of irradiated areas;
• Muscle sclerotherapy;
• The development of dystrophy in the subcutaneous layers of fiber.

The degree of adverse reactions is affected by the dose height used in radiation therapy and the child’s age.

Side effects of chemotherapy treatment

Chemicals are highly toxic. Modern developments can reduce the harm from their consumption. This does not exclude the appearance of adverse reactions to drugs:

• Neurocognitive development at the level of the brain is impaired;
• There is a risk of hypothyroidism, the appearance of secondary neoplasms in the thyroid gland;
• Development of cardiomyopathy in the field of secondary construction;  Signs of adhesive disease in the abdominal cavity;
• Violation of the reproductive system;
• Lag in puberty.

Hematology Pediatric Departments at Tel Aviv Medical Clinic

Experienced specialists from a leading Israeli clinic carefully select the best treatment for young patients, trying to minimize the toxicity of exposure to the body. Innovative drugs help to achieve success in the treatment of lymphoma, leukemia in children.