8 signs of cancer warning

If you have a persistent cough, take medicine to treat respiratory infections forever, you should go for screening for lung cancer, especially for people over 40 years old and smoking cigarettes. You should think about cancer if you have the following symptoms:

Persistent cough

Cough lasts, should be wary of lung cancer.(Photo: Kapanlagi)

Most cases of lung cancer have symptoms of prolonged cough, possibly with sputum, blood. Sometimes patients think they have a cough due to respiratory infection, but have treated antibiotics, the past inflammation has not stopped cough. At that time, you should go to the doctor because it may be a cancer manifestation.

Bleeding and abnormal fluids

Women over the age of 30 and having multiple pregnancies if they see frequent bleeding during sexual intercourse may indicate uterine cancer. Vaginal bleeding in long-term menopause is also a sign of this disease.

Women should be alert to breast cancer if they see discharge, blood in the nipple. In addition, abnormal bleeding or fluid in any part can be a dangerous symptom, so check with your doctor.

Abnormal urination

Rectal cancer should be considered if you suffer from prolonged gastrointestinal disorders, curing in the usual ways not to. The manifestation of this disease is usually in addition to blood or mucus, abdominal pain, sometimes defecating but not going .

Urinary incontinence can also be a sign of cancer in the urinary system - genital (bladder, prostate .). You should see a doctor if you have frequent urination, frequent urination or no urination, especially if these symptoms are increasing.

Long healing ulcers

Non-continuous ulcers, easy bleeding in the skin, in the mouth, on the tongue can be a signal of cancer.

Bacterial sores with the tip of the little finger on the lips, do not cause pain but also do not recover, possibly due to lip cancer, especially in people over 50 years old. Painless, persistent cracks in the tongue can be caused by tongue cancer, especially in people over 40, who smoke heavily.

Small sores that are painless, irregular in shore, convex or concave surfaces that last long on the skin are often signs of skin cancer.

Big mole

Moles suddenly grow fast, change color or become painful, itchy, sore, easy to bleed when touched . can alert melanoma. Moles are more malignant if rubbed or exposed to the sun. Therefore, if they are in an easy-to-touch position, you should go to a doctor to remove it.

Appeared lumps

If abnormal tumors, lumps or lymph nodes are found on the body, you should go to a doctor to rule out cancer. The appearance of tumors or rapidly developing lymph nodes is often a sign of malignancy.

Tinnitus headache

This may be a sign of throat cancer. In the early stages, most patients have diffuse headaches, latent on one side of the head, ringing in one ear, always like a ticking sound, suffocating one side of the nose. These symptoms increase with the degree of disease. In the late stages, patients have constant headaches, sometimes intense, poor hearing ears.

Swallow hard, hoarse

Difficulty speaking, difficult swallowing, hoarseness is a sign of laryngeal cancer. If you think you are hoarse due to a cold, but you can cure it for a few weeks, go to the cancer screening, especially for people over 40, smoke and drink heavily.

Difficulty swallowing may also be a symptom of esophageal cancer.

Dr.Pham Duy Hien , K Hospital