Common Health Issues Pain relief, nutrition, treatment for
infections, immunizations, bleeding, transfusions, and
dental/mouth care are all part of supportive care. The goal of
supportive care is to prevent or lessen the side effects of the
treatment and the disease. With this care, your child can
receive the needed therapy with greater safety and comfort. You
may want to talk with your child's doctor or other members of
the treatment team to see how the information provided below
might help your child. Your child may have pain for a variety of
reasons. Pain may be caused by the cancer itself, or it could be
from the treatment, such as surgery to remove a tumor or side
effects of chemotherapy. Sometimes, cancer patients have pain
that has nothing to do with the cancer, such as a toothache or a
headache. - Not all children with cancer have pain. Those who do
are not in pain all of the time. - Medicine and other treatments
can almost always relieve cancer pain. - Relieving pain will not
only make your child mor