WARNING SIGNS

SOME SYMPTOMS ACT AS WARNING SIGNS THAT A SERIOUS DISEASE IS  DEVELOPING.  IF YOU KNOW THESE WARNING SIGNS AND HEED THEM, YOU MAY DETECT THE DISEASE BEFORE IT BECOMES  LIFE-THREATENING. SOME DISEASES, LIKE CANCER ARE OFTEN CURABLE IF THEY ARE DETECTED EARLY. OTHER DISEASES LIKE DIABETES, CANNOT BE CURED BUT EARLY DETECTION AND  TREATMENT MAY REDUCE THE INJURY  THEY CAUSE THE BODY. HERE ARE THE WARNING SIGNS FOR FOUR DISEASES THAT IF DETECTED EARLY, CAN OFTEN BE STOPPED OR CONTROLLED.

CANCER*     SEE YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THESE SIGNS;

#CHANGE IN BOWEL OR BLADDER HABITS.  MOST  PEOPLE OCCASIONALLY HAVE A BRIEF PERIOD  OF  CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA, OR A CHANGE IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE NEED TO ELIMINATE OR URINATE.  THESE DO NOT  NECESSARILY INDICATE  CANCER  BUT CAN BE  DUE  TO FLU, CHANGES IN YOUR DIET, STRESS, ETC. CHANGES IN BOWEL OR BLADDER HABITS THAT LAST TWO   WEEKS SHOULD BE CALLED TO YOUR DOCTOR’S ATTENTION.

#A SORE THAT DOES NOT HEAL.

# UNUSUAL BLEEDING OR DISCHARGE. COUGHING UP BLOOD, BLOOD IN VOMIT, BLOOD IN URINE, OR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN THE STOOL SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE DOCTOR. SMALL AMOUNTS OF BLOOD IN THE STOOL CAN BE DUE TO HEMORRHOIDS BUT EVEN THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE DOCTOR IF IT DOES NOT GO AWAY IN A FEW DAYS.

# DIFFICULTY  WHEN SWALLOWING OR AN INDIGESTION THAT LASTS MORE THAN A MONTH AND  IS CAUSING MORE THAN A MINOR PAIN.

#THICKENING OR LUMP IN BREAST OR ELSEWHERE. MANY LUMPS EVEN IN THE BREAST ARE NOT CANCER BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.

#NAGGING COUGH OR HOARSENESS. COUGH AND HOARSENESS ARE  COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH COLD, BUT IF BOTH LASTS FOR MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS, IT SHOULD BE REPORTED.

#CHANGE IN THE APPEARANCE OR SIZE  OF A WART OR MOLE.

HEART ATTACK

#A CRUSHING CHEST PAIN THAT INCREASES IN INTENSITY, OR OCCURS WITH OTHER SYMPTOMS  LIKE ;

#SWEATING

#SHORTNESS OF BREATH

#CHEST PAIN RADIATING TO THE ARM, NECK OR JAW.

#NAUSEA OR VOMITING

# DIZZINESS

# RAPID AND OR IRREGULAR PULSE.

DIABETES

#INCREASED THIRST

# FREQUENT  URINATION ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

# INCREASED  APPETITE

# UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT LOSS.

#  FATIGUE

 #FREQUENT UNEXPLAINED SKIN INFECTIONS.

# SLOW HEALING WOUNDS.

#FREQUENT VAGINAL INFECTIONS.

# DIFFICULTY WITH ERECTION. 

#PERSISTENT BLURRED VISION.

# PERSISTENT  TINGLING  OR NUMBNESS IN HANDS OR FEET.

STROKE

# WEAKNESS, NUMBNESS, OR PARALYSIS OF THE FACE, ARM OR LEG ESPECIALLY ON ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE BODY THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY IN A FEW MINUTES.

# BLURRED OR DECREASED VISION IN ONE OR BOTH EYES THAT DOES NOT CLEAR WITH BLINKING.

# NEWLY DEVELOPED DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING OR UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE STATEMENTS.

# SUDDEN     UNEXPLAINABLE AND INTENSE HEADACHE.

#SEVERE DIZZINESS, LOSS OF BALANCE,OR LOSS OF COORDINATION, ESPECIALLY IF ANOTHER WARNING SIGN  IS  PRESENT  AT THE SAME TIME.