Common cancer symptoms… weight loss, fatigue, abdominal discomfort
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Lung cancer, which ranks first in cancer mortality in Korea, is very difficult to diagnose because even after it has progressed to a certain extent, there are no abnormalities other than a cold-like cough and phlegm. The number of female patients who do not smoke is increasing due to the effects of air pollution, radon, and fine dust. Low-dose lung cancer CT is helpful for early detection. [사진= 게티이미지뱅크]
Patients with stage 3 or 4 cancer ask, “There were no symptoms… why?” I ask back. You had to be physically ill to notice, but there were no symptoms at all. The main symptom of life-threatening myocardial infarction is chest pain. If you act quickly, you can save lives and minimize sequelae. However, some cancers have no symptoms even when they are almost terminal. When discovered late, cancer has the highest mortality rate among diseases. Couldn’t cancer be detected a little earlier?
Even if it hurts ‘silence’… “If discovered late, the cancer has metastasized., I can’t do surgery”
Organs in the body that have cancer remain ‘silent’ even when they are in pain. Myocardial infarction or stroke (cerebral infarction-cerebral hemorrhage) occurs when blood vessels are blocked and blood cannot flow, resulting in chest pain (heart disease), headache, and paralysis on one side of the body (stroke), but cancer cells gradually eat away at normal cells and invade other organs. According to the National Cancer Information Center, surgery is the basic treatment for cancer. However, if it is discovered too late, surgery cannot be performed. If cancer spreads to other distant organs (distant metastasis), there is no way to do anything. Cancer is quite advanced by the time you feel symptoms. Most cancers that are detected early are often discovered accidentally during health checkups.
common cancer symptoms… weight loss, feeling tired, Why do I feel abdominal discomfort??
According to data from the National Statistical Office, the ranking of cancer mortality rates in Korea (2022) is lung cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, and stomach cancer. Common symptoms include weight loss, fatigue, and abdominal discomfort. As cancer cells grow, they absorb nutrients from normal cells, causing weight loss and fatigue. This symptom does not appear in the early stages of cancer. It takes quite a while to feel it. In particular, people who are losing weight may misunderstand that “the diet has had an effect.” If you have recently lost weight rapidly, regardless of diet, it is a good idea to suspect cancer.
Common Digestive Disorders, stomachache… pancreatic cancer, Liver cancer also starts from indigestion, Jaundice is quite advanced
Pancreatic cancer, which is considered a cancer that is difficult to detect early, commonly starts with indigestion and fatigue. It is not easy to suspect this as cancer. Recently, the relationship with diabetes has increased, so diabetic patients should pay close attention to common digestive problems, weight loss, fatigue, and abdominal pain. Because the pancreas secretes insulin, pancreatic cancer may be suspected if blood sugar levels are suddenly uncontrolled or diabetes develops previously.
Symptoms of liver cancer include pain in the upper right abdomen where the liver is located, a feeling of a lump, abdominal bloating, weight loss, severe fatigue, and indigestion. When pancreatic and liver cancer progresses significantly, jaundice appears, causing the face and eyes to turn yellow. When jaundice occurs, urine turns dark brown or red and stool color changes to white or gray.
I thought it was a common cough, but it was lung cancer… colon cancer, Endoscopy contributes to early detection of stomach cancer
According to national cancer registration statistics (announced in December 2023), 277,523 cancer patients occurred in 2021 alone. About half of the patients are middle-aged and in their 50s or 60s. Lung cancer, which ranks first in cancer mortality in Korea, is very difficult to diagnose because even after it has progressed to a certain extent, there are no abnormalities other than a cold-like cough and phlegm. The number of female patients who do not smoke is increasing due to the effects of air pollution, radon, and fine dust. Low-dose lung cancer CT is helpful for early detection.
Colon cancer and stomach cancer have a high mortality rate even though there is a reliable early detection method called ‘endoscopy’. There are no symptoms in the early stages, so if you feel symptoms such as changes in bowel habits – bloody stool (colon cancer), indigestion – heartburn (stomach cancer), it has progressed significantly. According to the national cancer screening, people over the age of 40 can have a gastroscopy every two years, and people over the age of 50 can have a colonoscopy if abnormalities are found after a stool test. If you have a family history, it is a good idea to get regular checkups even if you are in your 30s.
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