Why Do Babies Develop Cancer? Factors That May Cause Cancer In Children

Cases of cancer spreading to new born and even young children are on the rise which makes us raise one question - Why do babies develop cancer? Is harmful environment, stress, toxic baby foods are only respobsible for it?

Factors That May Be Responsible For Childhood Cancer

Stress - Babies can develop cancer because they have serious stress during early childhood or even before they are born. But stress alone isn’t the only cause for cancer in babies as there are many other factors responsible for the same.

Harmful Environments - A baby is also exposed to severe toxicity which leads to toxic chemicals entering in to the blood stream. Thus, even an unborn child cannot be considered healthy in this world which is surrounded by pesticides and various pollutants which the mother is directly or indirectly ingesting while the baby is in her womb. 

Toxic Foods - Food also contains a plethora of chemicals which get trapped in the mother’s body and then passes on to the child in the womb. Even a new born can get the chemicals transferred in him/her as he/she breastfeeds from the mother. These chemicals impact the liver functions and the ability of the mother to detoxify the blood, which also means that she cannot keep the child toxin free as it is growing in her womb.

Other Factors That May Cause Cancer in Babies

These may be responsible for causing cancer in your newborn babies if infant not cared properly in that duration. 

#1 Vaccinations

Apart from the other reasons, even vaccination is the cause for cancer in babies. If children are prevented to detoxify naturally by going through childhood illnesses which naturally create immunity toward the disease, these children that have been immunized have a higher risk of developing cancer later in life and sometimes quite early in life, like blood cancers, leukaemia.

#2 Lack of Breastfeeding

Another reason for a baby to develop cancer is breastfeeding. Studies show that babies who haven’t been breastfed are more likely to develop cancer. So it is important to breastfeed your child and you can continue doing so for as long as you want.

#3 Baby Foods

Certain kinds of foods that a child is exposed to can create allergies, leading to chronic inflammation, which is a precursor for cancer. Milk products are one of the food items that can cause cancer in a baby if he/she is lactose intolerant and the mother supplies more of the same to the child.

If more of formula food or milk is offered to the baby who is already suffering from lactose intolerance, the child will have a chronic inflammation in the gut that can affect various parts of the body and create excessive amounts of white blood cells to combat that, which can then overdo the bone marrow, healthy blood production, and lead to immature cells, immune cells, which then can transform up as leukemia.

#4 Unfiltered Water

There are unnatural additives in drinking water from the tap which young children and toddlers shouldn’t be exposed to as it contains fluoride. Fluoride in large amounts can be poisonous, can damage the teeth and it is a carcinogen and can cause cancer. Make sure that your child doesn’t have tap water and is given filtered water right from the beginning.

#5 Umbilical Cord

Most people aren’t aware of this common reason that is cutting or clamping the umbilical cord between the mother and child as soon as it is born instead of waiting for up to sixty minutes until the umbilical cord stops throbbing is also another likely reason for cancer to develop in a baby. Waiting for these sixty minutes before cutting the cord means that the blood is constantly circulating between the mother and the child and back to the mother through the placenta. The blood is filtered in the placenta where all the toxins and waste products occur during the birthing process are eliminated.

This will ensure the blood of the child to be completely clean and well oxygenated. Cutting the cord too soon often leaves large amount of toxic substances in the tissues of the baby which in turn can lead to inflammation and later on turn in to cancerous growth.

These are the possible reasons why a baby can develop cancer. So make sure that you feed your baby the right and healthy kind of food products and also not expose him/her towards any chemicals or smoke or other harmful substances.