13 unusual signs of cancer in women

Locate them now and save your life.


Worried that this strange feeling that you may have cancer? It is important not to be embarrassed, regardless of your symptoms. Early diagnosis is crucial to give patients with more access to the treatment and the best chances of long-term survival. This means that it is very important people are aware of the signs of warning and cancer symptoms and get help as soon as possible. Here is a list of cancer signs / symptoms in women, some of which are less common and you have to pay attention.

1. Symptoms of pressure in the lower part of your abdomen

A feeling you need to frequently pass from the urine, get up several times at night, balloon, feel full after eating, malaise and pain in the abdomen or the basin, and / or a change of habit of The intestine. These can all be signs of ovarian cancer.

2. Blood in your coca

This can be a sign of intestine cancer. It can be red or dark color and if it is due to intestine cancer, it is more likely to be mixed with the stool. There may be other symptoms such as a change of intestinal habit. For example, having your bowels open more often than normal, have furniture stools or sometimes constipation and wind. People with intestine cancer often feel they have to stay tried to spend a stool, even if they just had their bowels open and there is nothing there to pass (TENESMUS) . More obvious symptoms include a bump in your abdomen, pain, weight loss and anemia.

3. feel sick

This can be a sign of cancer. Cancers can produce toxins that cause nausea. The cancers grow into the intestine, they can block the passage of food through the intestines and also support other organs. Some cancers cause high levels of calcium levels in blood and this can cause disease. Anxiety and stress can aggravate the symptoms.

4. Chest changes

Although most women first notice a breast mass, breast cancer can cause other symptoms and signs. The tumor can pull the skin inward causing a capped / dive appearance on the surface of the chest. This can change the shape and outline of the nipple area. The skin in the area can change color and, for example, can become red and tender. Breast cancer can cause a nipple discharge or mammary pain, although these are not so common. Most breast cancers at the presentation are indolor pieces.

Usually (but not always) breast cancer occurs in a chest only, so be aware of any asymmetry that develops in your breasts.

5. Abnormal vaginal discharge

There are 5 gynecological-endometrial cancers (uterus), ovary, cervical, vaginal and vulva. Any of them can cause unusual vaginal discharge (although Vulvian cancer is more often a size or ulcer).

As cancers grow and exceed their blood intake, cells on the surface die and emerge into the vagina, mixed with blood. This can give a stained discharge and bloodstream. Sometimes it can be brown and aqueous. If you have an unusual exit for you, you are strongly recommended to go see your doctor.

6. Unexpected weight loss

If you have more than 60 years and you lose 17% of your body weight suddenly, without a diet, more than 6 months, you should see your doctor. There are many possible causes, but cancer is on the list, as well as diabetes, dementia, excess alcohol and heart failure for example.

If you are overweight or obese, it is often difficult to tell you that you have lost weight. Obesity itself increases the risk of cancer.

7. Indigestion and stomach burns

This can be a sign of stomach cancer, especially if it is associated with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and weight loss.

8. Postménopausic bleeding

If you bleed more than six months after your last period, it should be studied. This can be stains, or bleeding after sexual intercourse, or sometimes perhaps unscheduled bleeding (bleeding that occur when they are not expected) on Thr or while taking a breast cancer drug than tamoxifen.

Whatever age and every time it happens after menopause, you are strongly advised to report it to your doctor.

The possible causes possible include endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial cancer, cervical, vaginal and ovarian cancers. Sometimes the cause can not be found, otherwise it can be due to estrogen deficiency that is common and after menopause.

9. Modifications of Mools / New Crises on the Skin

The skin cancers are more and more common. Keep an eye on the moles and report everything you are concerned about your doctor, especially if the mole begins to demos or bleed. Do not forget the ABCD algorithm below. Did your mole ...

  • A - Asymmetrical - Most melanomas are not symmetrical.
  • B - Border - The border or the edge of the mole is shredded or irregular.
  • C - Color- This is often varied and can be blue, black, brown or pink in places.
  • D - dimension - This is usually a reasonable size - more than 6 mm in diameter.

10. Cutaneous rash with itching

This may be due to T cell lymphoma.

11. Symptoms of the chest

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in men and women. However, there is a difference between the sexes. Although lung cancer rates for men decreased by 35% over the last 41 years, among women, rates increased by 87%. Medical publication in2013Suggested one of the reasons for this can be due to genetic mutations and the effect of female hormones. Lung cancer is also more and moreDiagnosed in womenwho have never smoked.

Symptoms suggest lung cancer include shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, collage and extreme fatigue. Sometimes you may encounter recurring thoracic infections and coughing blood. Weight loss is also a feature.

The best way to improve your health is to stop smoking. Now has never been a better time because there is so much help and support available.

12. Symptoms of a brain tumor

Brain tumors are rare. They can present many different ways, sometimes with unusual frequent and severe headaches. These can be associated with nausea, vomiting and drowsiness. As the tumor enlarges it, the pressure inside the skull increases. The vision can become blurry.

Sometimes a tumor can be diagnosed for example after a first epileptic fit. It can be diagnosed on a CT or MRI analysis if you have developed a weakness on one side of the body or in a branch, or to have strange symptoms such as the difficulty of swallowing or talking.

You can also get disordered thought, personality changes and memory loss. Sometimes loss of balance or coordination.

13. Natural and heavy periods

Rarely leukemia and lymphoma may have abnormal bleeding such as very heavy nose bleeding, very heavy periods, severe bleeding to brush your teeth or bruising very easily / severely.

14. Be projected!

Cancer screening tests are offered as a means of prevention and early diagnosis:

  • Cervical smear of 25 to 64 years - every 3-5 years
  • Mammograms are offered at 50 to 71 years every 3 years
  • The intestinal screening begins at age 55 and continues at age 74.

Screening saves lives! You are strongly encouraged to attend these tests.

Dr. Deborah Lee is a medical writerDr. Fox Online Pharmacy.


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