Do you have pain in your lower abdomen, do you have a lump in your breast, are your lymph nodes enlarged? Are you having vaginal discharge, are you losing weight, are you losing your appetite? Did you know these could be symptoms of cancer? What are the symptoms of breast cancer, prostate cancer, or lung cancer?
The firstsymptoms of cancerare often neglected. Meanwhile,developing cancersometimes sends signals that should worry us and lead us to a medical consultation. Unfortunately, some of the symptoms presented below appear only in advanced disease, so you should not forget about regular preventive examinations.
Breast cancer: symptoms
- changing the shape, symmetry and skin of the breast and nipple,
- discharge from the nipple,
- a lump in the self-examination (painless or weakly painful).
Ovarian cancer
- discomfort in the lower abdomen,
- abnormal vaginal bleeding (e.g. spotting between periods).
Cervical cancer
- pain in the lower abdomen,
- vaginal,
- abnormal vaginal bleeding.
Prostate cancer
- frequent urination (also at night),
- weak and intermittent stream of urine,
- pains while urinating,
- pelvic pains.
Lung cancer
- frequent pneumonia
- dry cough,
- spitting blood sometimes,
- chest pain,
- wheezing.
Pancreatic cancer: symptoms appear late
- unreasonable weight loss
- sometimes yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes
Stomach cancer
- constant feeling of fullness
- lose weight
- vomiting (often with blood)
- black stools.
Kidney cancer
- pain in the back or side
- hematuria
- sometimes unexplained increase in blood pressure.
Colorectal cancer
- discomfort in the lower abdomen
- lose weight
- changes in bowel movements (sometimes in installments)
- blood in the stool.
Bladder cancer
- pain in the lower abdomen
- frequent urination
- continuous pressure on the bladder
- hematuria.
Czerniak
- shape changes (irregular edges,magnification) and / or the colors of birthmarks and warts
- bleeding from birthmarks, warts.
Lymphoma
- lymph nodes enlargement
- fever
- anemia
- lose weight
- night sweats.