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The latest study of Childhood Cancer indicates that the survivors of childhood cancer do suffer from ‘Fatigue’ and ‘Sleep Problems’. An article in CANCER, gazed in journal of American Cancer Society the study shows that taking care of ‘Sleep hygiene’ during cancer will help them to recover their Cognitive Health.
This childhood cancer may have negative impact on the children directly affecting their memory and attention. They have an effect on the children in many ways disturbing badly on their employment, education and the capability to live by them.
To evaluate the effect of sleep disruption and fatigue in the survivors of the childhood cancer for long term, Kevin Krull, PhD, of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphisand his team came up with a feedback form filled out by 1,426 people from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study was planned to study the enduring psychosocial, medical and the operable health of the 8 diverse childhood cancer survivors who were under treatment from 1970 and 1986.) 20 % of the survivors were identified with Cognitive Impairment. The in depth study of the questionnaire concluded that the survivors of the childhood cancer for longer time have sleeping problem; day time sleeping or fatigue suffers more 3 to 4 times than the survivors who complete their sleep. “The survivors are at the higher risk for alertness and recall problems, these fatigues and sleep loss would make the cognitive problems at its worst” said Dr. Krull.
The researchers came up with the fact that the cognitive problems, which are coupled with the deprived sleep and weakness, are not related to the consequences of the brain chemotherapy, radiation, or the present age of the survivors. However the survivors those who undertake the antidepressant medications are prone to 70 % memory problems & 50 % attention problems.
“The above finding suggests that better quality of sleep and reduces fatigue to an extent will definitely improve memory and attention in survivors,” said Dr. Krull. In addition to this, Dr. Krull suggested that survivors should avoid taking anti depressant medicines without consulting personal physicians.
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