Some forms of cancer manifest themselves too late - often medicine becomes helpless before the disease.
Whatever it was, any body signals should not be ignored. Going to an oncologist, though not always justified, can save your life.
This is very scary, but the fact remains: today almost 20,000 people die of cancer every day in the world. Everyday! Would this statistics be such a nightmare if people were more attentive to themselves and visited the doctor at the first suspicions of oncology? Definitely, yes.
Here are some signs that a visit to a doctor can not be postponed.
1. Your lifestyle has not changed, but lately you have lost weight.
What could it be? Yes, anything - any malignant tumor depletes the body.
2. From time to time you are feverish for no apparent reason.
Most often this symptom speaks of leukemia.
3. You feel tired even after a full sleep.
By directing all forces to fight the tumor, the body can not rest, hence the loss of energy.
4. Too often my head hurt.
It is not necessary that the tumor should be in the brain, it can also develop in the dorsal.
5. There were signs of any bleeding - from the nose, vagina, intestines.
Nasal bleeding can not be noticed. But a strong darkening of urine, brown discharge, black stool - all these are the very signs of other internal bleeding.
6. The color or size of the mole has changed, or it has begun to itch.
This is how skin cancer manifests itself.
7. You noticed on the body, and most importantly - in the mammary gland, seals of any shape and size, even tiny.
It is very important to regularly check your chest for such signs of cancer. The tumor, most likely, will turn out to be benign, but it is not enough ...
8. You feel a constant perspiration in the throat, a feeling of squeezing, difficulty in swallowing.
Yes, cancer of the throat or larynx is quite likely. And yet, the thyroid gland manifests itself.
9. Often I felt sick for no reason, my appetite was gone.
Gastrointestinal oncology is not the only cause of such a symptom.
10. Sight or hearing deteriorated sharply.
The fatal disease could be affected by the parts of the brain responsible for these senses.
11. There was a feeling of pressure in any of the internal organs.
Even if it does not hurt, but only slightly presses, even with the slightest discomfort, one must run to the oncologist. Because when it hurts, it may be too late.
12. The allocation of an inexplicable origin appeared from the vagina or mammary glands.
Cancer could affect the reproductive organs or pituitary gland.
13. A few weeks in a row, you suffer from constipation or diarrhea.
A similar manifestation of cancer is possible with tumors of the intestine, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas.
14. More than a month you are accompanied by a dry cough.
These are the first signs of lung cancer.
15. You have a hepatitis B virus.
It can easily "help" develop liver cancer.
16. You know that you are a carrier of papillomavirus.
A similar virus is the main provoker of the cancer of the throat and cervix.
17. There are absolutely no symptoms, but at least one of the parents was sick with oncology.
Direct risk of developing cancer in such genetics ranges from 7% to 10%.
18. You - a smoker with experience or place of work - a chemical enterprise.
The constant inhalation of toxic elements threatens the development of lung and throat cancer.
19. You had earlier or present benign tumors, polyps.
It is not necessary to panic, but it is better to be safe.
20. You - a fan of sunburn and do not miss a single moment of "toast" in the sun or in the solarium.
Have not you heard that skin cancer and active ultraviolet are the best partners?
And some more statistics:
- Oncology, found at the first stage, gives a chance to survive 92% of the diseased;
- Cancer of the 2nd degree ends safely for 76% of patients;
- at the III stage, 56% of people can survive;
- IV stage of cancer is curable only in 12%.