Understanding and being aware of the changes in your body goes along way in detecting cancer before it is too late. Yearly routine check ups are fine, but in between check-ups, illness and disease could strike fast and it pays to take care of abnormalities as soon as they occur.
Do not ignore symptoms or hope that with time they will go away with time. Often, these delaying tactics could mean discovering cancer at the early stages rather than as the late stages.
Below are ten signs you may have cancer. Seek professional medical advise as soon as you can if you have any of them:
For Both Men and Women
Wheezing or Shortness of Breath
One of the first signs lung cancer patients remember noticing when they look back is the inability to catch their breath. “I couldn’t even walk across the yard without wheezing. I thought I had asthma, but how come I didn’t have it before?” is how one woman described it. Thyroid cancer can also cause breathing problems if a nodule or tumor begins to press on the trachea, or windpipe. Any breathing difficulties that persist are reason to visit the doctor.
