Pain, Nausea and Vomiting as an Early Detection of Children with Leukemia Cancer

Abstract

Background: Cancer is a malignant disease that often causes death.  Not only does it attack adults, cancer can also attack children. The death rate reaches more than 50%. The high death rate in children due to cancer can be caused by parents' ignorance of the symptoms of cancer itself. There are 300,000 children diagnosed with cancer every year between the ages of 0-19 years.

Purpose: factors associated with early detection of childhood leukemia cancer at the Cahaya Community Foundation, Padang City in 2024

Methods: The design of this research is to use a Descriptive study. In this study there were 159 patient populations at the Cahaya Community Foundation in Padang City.

Results: The results showed that children experienced symptoms of pain, nausea, vomiting,. Parents said that while the child was experiencing nausea and vomiting, he had never received or used pharmacological or non-pharmacological therapy before. Of those experiencing pain after leukemia cancer chemotherapy, 18 (45.0) had no pain, 20 (50.0) had mild pain, and 2 (5.0) had moderate pain. leukemia cancer, experienced nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy for leukemia cancer as much as vomiting occurred 1-2x 1 (2.5), vomiting occurred 3-4x 5 (12.5), vomiting occurred 5-6x 19 (47.5), and vomiting occurred 7x more than 15 (37.5) respondents.

Conclusion: that children with cancer experience symptoms of pain and nausea, vomiting