CANCER SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Like HIV cancer is one of the deadliest and most dangerous diseases of our century. From Wikipedia cancer is defined as a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cancer is not a death sentence; it’s easy to cure it at its early stage. There are over 100 known forms of cancer which affect human beings. Smoking is the main cause of cancer and it contributes over 22% of all cancer deaths. So if you are an active smoker please thin k about quitting as soon as possible.
Here are the symptoms to watch out for:
Fever
Most cancer victims will experience fever when the cancer starts to spread to other parts of the body. This happens because the cancer cells are affecting the immune system or sometimes the treatment of the cancer is affecting the immune system. This symptom of cancer is always common.
Unexplained weight loss
To women losing weight without trying will be a miracle to them and they will be delighted. Let’s face it no woman likes being fat so they will try all ways possible to lose the extra weight. But if you are losing weight without trying please visit your doctor it might be a red alert of an imminent cancer. Most victims of cancer have experienced this symptom at some point.
Fatigue
As the cancer cells grow the victims will start feeling very tired. This fatigue does not get better no matter how much the patient rests. In cases of stomach cancer loss of blood will cause fatigue.
Pain
Victims of bone cancer will feel intense pain in their joints. So if you start feeling unexplained pains in your joints please see your doctor as soon as possible. Acute headache which might last for days and back pain might also be another symptom of cancer.
Skin changes
It’s a common symptom for skin cancer. Watch out for changes in the colour of your skin. If you notice changes go and get tested. It might be skin disease or in a worst case skin cancer
Unpredictable periods
If you always get regular periods then all of a sudden, you start having irregular periods lease visit your doctor or gynaecologist.it might be a sign of cancer
If you have already hit your menopause and start having periods then it might be cancer
Also if you have in periods it is a sign of cancer.
Lumps in the breast
It obvious no one knows their breast like the woman herself. So if you start feeling a lump in your breast see your doctor, it might be breast cancer. As a precaution women should always check their breast for lumps. It won’t hurt to do it twice per week.
Like HIV cancer is one of the deadliest and most dangerous diseases of our century. From Wikipedia cancer is defined as a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cancer is not a death sentence; it’s easy to cure it at its early stage. There are over 100 known forms of cancer which affect human beings. Smoking is the main cause of cancer and it contributes over 22% of all cancer deaths. So if you are an active smoker please thin k about quitting as soon as possible.
Here are the symptoms to watch out for:
Fever
Most cancer victims will experience fever when the cancer starts to spread to other parts of the body. This happens because the cancer cells are affecting the immune system or sometimes the treatment of the cancer is affecting the immune system. This symptom of cancer is always common.
Unexplained weight loss
To women losing weight without trying will be a miracle to them and they will be delighted. Let’s face it no woman likes being fat so they will try all ways possible to lose the extra weight. But if you are losing weight without trying please visit your doctor it might be a red alert of an imminent cancer. Most victims of cancer have experienced this symptom at some point.
Fatigue
As the cancer cells grow the victims will start feeling very tired. This fatigue does not get better no matter how much the patient rests. In cases of stomach cancer loss of blood will cause fatigue.
Pain
Victims of bone cancer will feel intense pain in their joints. So if you start feeling unexplained pains in your joints please see your doctor as soon as possible. Acute headache which might last for days and back pain might also be another symptom of cancer.
Skin changes
It’s a common symptom for skin cancer. Watch out for changes in the colour of your skin. If you notice changes go and get tested. It might be skin disease or in a worst case skin cancer
Unpredictable periods
If you always get regular periods then all of a sudden, you start having irregular periods lease visit your doctor or gynaecologist.it might be a sign of cancer
If you have already hit your menopause and start having periods then it might be cancer
Also if you have in periods it is a sign of cancer.
Lumps in the breast
It obvious no one knows their breast like the woman herself. So if you start feeling a lump in your breast see your doctor, it might be breast cancer. As a precaution women should always check their breast for lumps. It won’t hurt to do it twice per week.
