What symptoms may children have bladder cancer

Children are called the flowers of the motherland and should grow up healthily and happily, but bladder cancer may seriously threaten the life and health of children. Therefore, paying attention to the early symptoms of bladder cancer in children will help parents to detect the disease in time and make the children seek medical treatment.

1. Hematuria: Hematuria is a typical early symptom of bladder cancer and can be divided into two types: macroscopic hematuria and microscopic hematuria. Macroscopic hematuria refers to urine with blood or blood streaks or blood clots visible to the naked eye, while microscopic hematuria refers to urine with red blood cells under a microscope. Children's hematuria is mostly painless and intermittent. During urination, it may be full-time hematuria, and a few have terminal hematuria. The amount of bleeding and duration of hematuria are related to the size, number and malignancy of the tumor, but not necessarily in direct proportion. Hematuria may not be accompanied by other symptoms and does not cause pain, so it is very easy to be ignored, which is why it attracts special attention from parents.

2. Bladder irritation symptoms: can be manifested as frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, etc., often due to the occurrence of bladder carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma, tumors located in the bladder triangle, and tumors with concurrent infection. Therefore, if children have bladder irritation symptoms without recent infection, parents should take their children for a comprehensive examination to avoid delays in the disease.

3. Difficulty urinating, urine retention, and necrotic tissue in the urine: A small number of children have difficulty urinating, urine retention, and even necrotic bladder tissue mixed in the urine, which appears like dead meat. This is mostly caused by tumors blocking the bladder outlet and should be paid special attention to.