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FINDING CANCER EARLY ALWAYS MEANS A BETTER CHANCE FOR A CURE.
WELCOME TO MEMORIAL HEALTH AND YOU. DR. STEPHANIE FUSSELL, MEMORIAL
MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST, DESCRIBES SOME COMMON SYMPTOMS THAT MIGHT HELP YOU KNOW
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE
CANCER. CANCER IS A BROAD TERM, IT ENCOMPASSES OVER TWO
HUNDRED DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE DISEASE. ALTHOUGH EACH
TYPE OF CANCER HAS ITS OWN SET OF CHARACTERISTICS, MANY SHARE COMMON SYMPTOMS.
SOME OF THESE INCLUDE FATIGUE, WEIGHT LOSS,
PAIN, FEVER, CHANGE IN BOWEL HABITS,
PERSISTENT COUGH. EXTREME TIREDNESS THAT DOES NOT
GET BETTER WITH REST IS CALLED PERSISTENT FATIGUE.
THIS MAY BE A SYMPTOM OF BOTH MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT CONDITIONS.
UNINTENTIONAL WEIGHT LOSS OF 10 OR MORE POUNDS
CAN BE A WARNING SIGN FOR MANY ILLNESSES, INCLUDING
CANCER. UNEXPLAINED PAIN MAY OCCUR
WHEN CANCER SPREADS AND BEGINS TO EFFECT OTHER ORGANS
AND NERVES. A FEVER THAT IS PERSISTENT OR ONE THAT COMES
AND GOES, FREQUENTLY CAN SIGNAL A SERIOUS UNDERLYING
ILLNESS. FEVERS ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH CANCERS
THAT AFFECT THE BLOOD SUCH AS LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA.
CERTAIN CANCERS CAN CAUSE CHANGES IN BOWEL AND BLADDER HABITS.
A COUGH THAT PERSISTS OR GETS WORSE OVER
TIME OR THAT PRODUCES BLOOD-TINGED MUCUS
MAY BE A SIGN OF CANCER. KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE
THESE ARE VERY GENERAL VAGUE SYMPTOMS, THEY CAN SOMETIMES
REPRESENT A SERIOUS ILLNESS. IF YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE OF
THESE SYMPTOMS, DON'T WAIT, SEE YOUR DOCTOR FOR A CHECK-UP.
TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SYMPTOMS OF CANCER, CALL US NOW
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