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Cancer Symptoms in WomenRoutine tests such as Pap smears and mammograms are important, but do not rely on testing alone to protect you against cancer. It is equally important to listen to your body and notice that everything else, strange, or inexplicable. You would not join the ranks of patients with cancer who realize too late that the symptoms she saw for a long time the alarm might have sounded earlier, when cancer was easier to heal.

Women in particular should be aware of possible signs and symptoms their bodies may be exhibiting. Many types of gynecologic cancer produce symptoms early enough for them to be successfully treated. If the symptoms are ignored, the delay in treatment may prove to be fatal. Ladies, listen to your body! If you are experiencing something abnormal for you, consult your doctor. Chances are that the symptoms are not cancer related, but it is better to be safe.

  1. Wheezing or shortness of breath
    One of the first signs of lung cancer patients recall notice when they look back is their inability to catch his breath. I could not even walk across the yard without wheezing, I thought I had asthma, but how come I have not before? is how one woman described.
  2. Chronic cough or chest pain
    Different types of cancers, including leukemia and lung tumors may cause symptoms similar to a bad cough or bronchitis. One way to reduce the difference: The problems remain, or go away and come back in a repeating cycle. Some cancer patients report chest pain that extends to the shoulder or arm.
  3. Frequent fevers or infections
    These may be signs of leukemia, a cancer of the blood cells that begins in the bone marrow. Leukemia causes the bone marrow to abnormal white blood cells, which crowd out healthy white blood cells undermines infection-fighting capabilities of the body. Often doctors eventually catch leukemia in older adults after the patient is in a number of times complaining of fever, achinese, and flu-like symptoms for a longer period.
  4. Dysphagia
    Most associated with esophageal cancer or throat, difficulty swallowing is often one of the first signs of lung cancer, too.
  5. Swollen lymph glands or lumps in the neck, armpit, or groin
    Enlarged lymph nodes, changes in the lymphatic system, which is a sign of cancer. For example, a lump or enlarged lymph nodes under the arm are sometimes a sign of breast cancer. A painless lump in the neck, armpit, or groin, is an early sign of leukemia.
  6. Excessive bruising or bleeding that does not stop
    This problem usually something unusual happens to the platelets and red blood cells, which may be a sign of leukemia. A woman with leukemia described bruises on strange places, like on her fingers and hands, but also red spots on her face, neck, and chest. Another noticed bleeding gums. The statement: Over time, leukemia cells crowd out red blood cells and platelets, the ability of blood to carry oxygen and solidify.
  7. Weakness and fatigue
    “I had to sit at work, and one night I was too tired to go home,” said one woman in describing the fatigue that led her to discover she had leukemia. Generalized weakness and fatigue is a symptom of so many different types of cancer that you need to look at in conjunction with other symptoms. But every time you feel exhausted without explanation and not responding to ever sleep, talk to your doctor.
  8. Abdominal bloating or weight gain
    While this may sound to a phenomenon often seen as a symptom of cancer, consider that Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer overwhelmingly report unexplained bloating, which came suddenly and continued on and off over a long period of time (in Unlike a few days per month with PMS) is one of the main ways that they knew something was wrong.
  9. Feeling full and unable to eat
    This is another tip-off to ovarian cancer, women say they have an appetite and could not eat, even if they have not eaten for some time. Any woman who experiences noticeable bloating or weight gain countless times (the diagnostic criteria are more than 13 times over the period of one month) – especially when accompanied by pelvic pain or a feeling too full – should call her doctor and ask for a pelvic ultrasound.
  10. Pelvic or abdominal pain
    By itself, pain in the pelvis: a lot of things. In fact, because it is a common symptom of fibroids, cysts, and other reproductive tract disorders, physicians do not always think of cancer as you describe pelvic pain. Make sure your doctor looks at all possible explanations and a complete examination, because the pain and cramping in the pelvis and abdomen can go hand in hand with the bloating that often signals of ovarian cancer. Leukemia can also cause pain in the abdomen caused by an enlarged spleen.

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