There are 200 different types of Cancers, including lumps, swellings, wart and moles, unexpected weight loss, difficulty in swallowing and most serious bowel and prostate cancers that affect one in ten male populations, although benign prostate growth affects most males over the age of 65. This can be easily controlled with medication. But one should consult GP ASAP.
Although Cancer may be developing slowly in our bodies, symptoms are undetectable until they are too obvious to ignore, such as bleeding, diarrhoea, painful lumps in breasts, nagging coughs and difficulty in swallowing and many more abnormalities one may find it difficult to associate with Cancers.
So often Cancer appears in healthy people who rarely visit their GPs, thus live in serene bliss ignorance. It is of utmost importance that everyone should be aware of these symptoms and visit their GPs if in doubt without lamentable excuses.
It is better to be safe than sorry. Let us be generous to McMillian Nurses and Marie Curie Cancer Care charities that look after terminally ill patients and give moral and physical support to their families in their hour of need.
Kumudini Valambia
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