THE BODY'S WARNING SIGNALS
See your doctor without delay if you experience any of the following symptoms:
❑ Unusual bleeding or discharge.* In women, vaginal bleeding between periods, during pregnancy or after menopause; bleeding or discharge from the nipples. In both sexes, rectal bleeding; blood in any of the following: feces (they will look black and tarry), urine (it may range from faint pink to dark brown), coughed-up phlegm, sputum or vomit.
❑ Any marked change in bowel or bladder habits. *
❑ A sore that doesn't heal in about three weeks. *
❑ A change in the size or appearance of a mole, freckle or skin blemish. *
❑ A lump, swelling or thickening in a woman's breast or, in either sex, elsewhere in the body; any change in the contour of a woman's breast. *
❑ Nagging hoarseness or coughing; a worsening 'smoker's cough'. *
❑ Chronic indigestion or difficulty in swallowing. *
❑ A sudden, unexplained drop in weight; loss of appetite.
❑ Recurrent vomiting.
❑ Unexplained chronic pain; new or unusually severe pain in the head, chest or abdomen.
❑ Chronic fever or night sweats.
❑ Unexplained lightheadedness or fainting spells.
❑ Blurred vision; seeing halos around lights.
❑ Severe, unexplained shortness of breath.
❑ Bluish lips, eyelids or nail beds.
❑ Chronically swollen ankles.
❑ Excessive thirst.
❑ Unusual weakness or fatigue.
❑ Yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes ( jaundice).
❑ In men, frequent, difficult or uncomfortable urination.
❑ In men, a discharge from the penis.
*One of the 7 warning signs of cancer
❑ Any marked change in bowel or bladder habits. *
❑ A sore that doesn't heal in about three weeks. *
❑ A change in the size or appearance of a mole, freckle or skin blemish. *
❑ A lump, swelling or thickening in a woman's breast or, in either sex, elsewhere in the body; any change in the contour of a woman's breast. *
❑ Nagging hoarseness or coughing; a worsening 'smoker's cough'. *
❑ Chronic indigestion or difficulty in swallowing. *
❑ A sudden, unexplained drop in weight; loss of appetite.
❑ Recurrent vomiting.
❑ Unexplained chronic pain; new or unusually severe pain in the head, chest or abdomen.
❑ Chronic fever or night sweats.
❑ Unexplained lightheadedness or fainting spells.
❑ Blurred vision; seeing halos around lights.
❑ Severe, unexplained shortness of breath.
❑ Bluish lips, eyelids or nail beds.
❑ Chronically swollen ankles.
❑ Excessive thirst.
❑ Unusual weakness or fatigue.
❑ Yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes ( jaundice).
❑ In men, frequent, difficult or uncomfortable urination.
❑ In men, a discharge from the penis.
*One of the 7 warning signs of cancer
No comments:
Post a Comment