Tumors on the surface of the body are generally easier to detect. For cancer tumors occurring in internal organs, the early symptoms are not obvious. To detect them early, we need to observe them carefully and send suspected patients to hospitals for examination and identification in time. The following are 20 kinds of early symptoms of cancer.
I. Unexplained wasting, weakness and irregular pain in the upper abdomen. Appetite down day, especially aversion to meat food. Zhou Zhenhu, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Liaocheng People’s Hospital
Second, non-pregnant and breastfeeding women with nipples running or able to squeeze out fluid.
III. Gradually increasing lump in any part of the body such as breast, neck or abdomen.
IV. Dry cough, blood in the sputum, chest congestion and chest carbuncles that cannot be cured for a long time.
V. Women over middle age with small amount of vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse, or irregular vaginal bleeding normally, or menstruation again after several years of menopause. The leucorrhea increases significantly.
VI. Gradually deepening xanthogranuloma and epigastric mass without abdominal pain.
VII. Brisk enlargement of the liver with pain in the liver area.
VIII. Painless hematuria of unknown origin.
IX. Skin ulcers that do not heal for a long time.
X. Sudden enlargement of the mole, accompanied by itching, breakage, painful bleeding or loss of hair on the mole.
XI. Recurrent fever and intractable dental bleeding, subcutaneous bleeding and progressive anemia.
XII. Recurrent unexplained high fever.
XIII. White spots on oral mucosa, or female vulva or male penis glans, and rapidly expanding and itching discomfort.
XIV. Progressive weakness of both lower limbs and abnormal sensation. Movement disorder or incontinence of urine and stool sometimes.
Fractures of large bones such as femur and humerus without obvious external force.
Foreign body obstruction, tingling sensation behind the sternum when eating and swallowing, or slow passage of food.
Xvii. Nasal congestion, frequent small amount of bleeding or nasal discharge often with blood in the nose, accompanied by migraine. Dizziness, tinnitus and enlarged lymph nodes felt in the upper part of the neck below the earlobe in the anterior and posterior parts.
XVIII. Change in bowel habits. Or diarrhea and constipation often alternate. The stool may often have pus and blood in it, or the stool may become thin and flat.
XIX. Gradually increasing headache with sudden onset of transient visual disturbance and vomiting.
XX. Severe pain and swelling of the elbow or knee joint in adolescents. Treatment with anti-rheumatic drugs or antimicrobial agents is ineffective.
The above reported 20 representative symptoms of suspected malignant tumor. If you find these symptoms, you should pay enough attention to them and go to the hospital as soon as possible to ask the relevant specialist for diagnosis. However, it does not mean that any symptom mentioned above is cancer. The final diagnosis should be made by doctors after detailed examination by various methods, otherwise it will bring unnecessary burden to oneself and family.