How to recognize warning signs of cancer?

Most symptoms of occult tumor, rarely draw attention to, when was diagnosed with cancer, the majority has become late with this feature of cancer, people talk about cancer discoloration is a manifestation of cancer. What if there is no cancer in the early symptoms, how to achieve early detection of cancer it? Experts on the early symptoms of cancer and cancer prevention health network for the 39 to do things in detail.

Common warning signs of cancer

Breast, skin, tongue and other parts of the body can be touched or any Needless to mass; physical presence of the original change in wart or mole (color deepened rapidly, itching, ulcers, bleeding); persistent indigestion; swallowing food stems choking feeling, pain, chest discomfort Fullness, esophageal foreign body sensation; tinnitus, hearing loss, stuffy nose, headache, nasal or throat secretions coughed up blood pumping; menstrual period abnormal bleeding, outside the menstrual period or menopause after irregular vaginal bleeding; sustained hoarseness, dry cough, bloody sputum; unexplained and mucus in stool or diarrhea, alternating constipation, unexplained hematuria; long treatment of wounds, ulcers; unexplained long time weight loss.

Experts point out that when these symptoms occur, it is timely and relevant examination to the hospital, bringing the tumor disease alert.

Early screening for cancer patients

When they find related symptoms, it is timely and relevant examination to the hospital. Early detection of cancer is through a number of special inspection and testing instruments, before clinical symptoms in patients with early discovery of cancer can be present. Common and effective way to have self-examination and screening.

Self-examination is the active self-examination or to the hospital regularly to facilitate early detection and treatment. Like women's breast self-examination, family history of colon polyps regularly to the hospital colonoscopy or fecal occult blood testing.

Census is the use of special equipment or medical personnel for certain high-risk groups for the purpose of detecting objects, active cancer patients for early detection methods. Including physical examination and anti-cancer examination.

In addition, experts advise, the patient can not participate in the simple physical examination, physical examination as necessary to prevent cancer. Cancer refers to physical symptoms in the absence of any case in a series of targeted medical examination. Purpose is to detect early cancer, also found that the existing cancer risk factors.

Cancer prevention is better than cure

Cancer prevention into primary prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention. A primary prevention is to identify and eliminate risk factors and causes, to improve anti-cancer ability, take preventive measures; prevention methods used in the identification of environmental carcinogens, vaccination and chemical prevention; to change unhealthy lifestyle, to improve diet nutrition.

Secondary prevention should be early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment (three early), a hedge in the beginning. Survey methods include screening, monitoring high-risk groups, the ability to improve early diagnosis, cure precancerous disease.

Tertiary prevention is to increase treatment rates, improved survival and quality of life, rehabilitation, pain. The method used is to study and reasonable treatment, rehabilitation guidance, exercise, proper diet, pain.

Finally, anti-cancer, medical experts recommended: 20 to 40-year-old woman, every three years by a doctor for a breast examination, self-examination should be once a month. 35 to 40 years old to do breast X-ray molybdenum.

Sexual life or 18 years of age for women should be done once a year cervical Pap smear and pelvic examination, examination three consecutive normal, may be inspected at intervals for three years.

People over 50 years of age, at least annually to the hospital for a medical examination, pay attention to the esophagus, stomach, liver, lungs, special examinations, digital rectal examination and fecal occult blood testing.

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