2011-01-30

15 early symptoms of cancer, do you know? part 2

Men and women should be noted:
1. Breast lumps. When women find the breast skin redness, lumps, will exceptionally careful. Non-lactating women, nipple retraction, and often out of the liquid, but also a bad signal. For men, if the breast skin wrinkling, shrinkage or asymmetrical nipples, nipple size and shape of changes, breast swelling, lumps appear, are inflammation of the performance of the nipple is breast cancer symptoms.
2. Pain. With increasing age, pain will increase. However, certain parts of the body and inexplicable pain for more than a week, find out the cause as soon as possible, because the reason the pain may be signs of cancer. For example, long-term pain is a symptom of colorectal cancer, chest pain may be caused by lung cancer, bone pain may be symptoms of cancer metastasis.
3. Lymph node changes. Experts point out that no matter which part of the body, especially the axillary lymph nodes or Jingbo appears, must not be taken lightly. If the lymph nodes is increasing steadily, more than 1 month, it is likely that the symptoms of breast cancer or brain cancer.
4. Fever. Fever usually caused by influenza, pneumonia, or inflammation caused by other, however, unexplained fever, it could be a dangerous sign. American Cancer Society, said the spread of cancer to other body organs, usually results in fever. Lymphoma, leukemia and other blood cancer also have a fever. Need to examine include: X-ray chest, CT scan, MRI and so on.
5. Weight inexplicably reduced. You can lose weight without strenuous indeed gratifying, but if neither increase physical activity within one month, was not any reduction of diet, body weight decreased by 10% but somehow, you should consult a doctor immediately. Sharp decline in body weight, anorexia, recurrent diarrhea and constipation are the most common form of lung, stomach, kidney cancer and colorectal cancer symptoms for women may also be hyperthyroidism.
6. Continued abdominal pain and with depression. If persistent pain and abdominal symptoms associated with depression, most likely with pancreatic cancer. Experts found significant relationship between depression and pancreatic cancer. Other symptoms include: jaundice or abnormal stool was gray.
7. Fatigue. In general, the feeling of fatigue, is a sign of cancer have been developed, but for leukemia, colon cancer and gastric cancer, it may be the early onset of fatigue. Cancer fatigue and general fatigue what is the difference? General fatigue rest will disappear, and no matter how off the fatigue of cancer, will find it difficult to improve.
8. Coughing. Unexplained persistent cough if more than 3-4 weeks, you should see a doctor promptly, it may be a sign of lung cancer or throat cancer.
9. Dysphagia. Long-term swallowing difficulties may be laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and stomach cancer symptoms, it should be as early as possible chest X-ray or gastroscopy. The so-called dysphagia, generally refers to chest pain when eating, esophageal foreign body sensation, even if some people do not eat, food will feel like a wall of leaves, debris or grain-like material attached, will feel after swallowing the food under the food down slow, or even stay in the esophagus.
10. Skin changes. Mass or the sudden appearance of skin pigmentation, and changes significantly, may be a sign of skin cancer was observed after a few weeks should seek medical care immediately. In addition, both young and old, once a sudden hemorrhage or abnormal skin peeling off, it should see a doctor.
11. Abnormal bleeding. Blood in the stool in addition to hemorrhoids, the symptoms of colorectal cancer is likely to be necessary, should accept the colon cancer screening colonoscopy. In the elderly over the age of 40, in addition to women outside the menstrual period, such as painless hematuria or dysuria should be wary of bladder cancer or kidney cancer. In addition to colorectal cancer than blood in the stool, if tumor growth near the anus may also occur thinning stool, increased frequency and other symptoms, or even cause bowel problems.
12. Oral changes. Smokers should pay special attention to the oral cavity and tongue, white patches appear, which may be a precursor to oral cancer --- leukoplakia.
13. Indigestion. Men (especially older men) and women (excluding pregnancy) for a long time unexplained persistent indigestion may be esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, stomach cancer symptoms.
With the progress and development of medicine for cancer treatment has been expanded from a simple surgical treatment to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biological therapy and combination therapy in many ways, a lot of 5-year survival rate of malignant tumors has increased every year, and the quality of life also significantly improved the prognosis for most patients as healthy people can live a normal life, work and study. But these good results will depend on the treatment of cancer, early detection and standardized treatment.

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