Many children with cancer experience fatigue. Many children are experiencing fatigue at the time of diagnosis. Most children with cancer experience fatigue during treatment.
Fatigue can interfere with your child's quality of life.
People who look after children with cancer do not know exactly what causes fatigue in children and young people with cancer.
Fatigue in children with cancer is usually long-lasting (chronic) and includes both physical and psychological tiredness.
Some of the things which may contribute to long-lasting fatigue are :
Your child will need extra rest times to cope with their fatigue.
All the pages in the childhood cancer section of this website [2] have been written by health professionals who work in the field of paediatric oncology. They have been reviewed by the members of the National Child Cancer Network (NZ). Medical information is authorised by the clinical leader of the National Child Cancer Network.
This page last reviewed 10 June 2021.
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