Three big dangers your doctor may not talk about and how to stay safe.
Your doctor has given you the lowdown on how to protect yourself against breast, colon, and lung cancer: Get yearly mammograms (check) and regular colonoscopies (check), and don’t smoke (double check).
But when was the last time she asked if you had any persistent mouth sores, unexplained fevers or joint pain, or discomfort during sex? These can be symptoms of three cancers—oral, leukemia, and endometrial—that don’t get the attention they deserve. Even though they are among the most common cancers affecting women over age 55, these diseases can fall through the cracks as doctors focus on the biggest killers hogging the health headlines, says Elmer Huerta, M.D., president of the American Cancer Society.
Read more for the facts behind these quiet dangers—and the simple ways you can protect yourself.
1- Oral Cancer
2- Leukemia
3- Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer
Read about these quite cancers
According to Laura Flynn McCarthy
August 27th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Oral cancer is a deadly disease that used to be associated primarily with smoking and heavy drinking. Powerful new research from Johns Hopkins points to the HPV virus, best known as a primary cause of cervical cancer, as the culprit in up to 75% of oral cancer cases. And HPV, which is transmitted through oral sex, would explain why oral cancer, formerly known as an older person’s disease, is now appearing in young people as well. Still, a quarter of all cases or oral cancer have no known cause. Bottom line: Everyone from young adults up should get an oral cancer exam annually, just as we get annual Pap smears, PSA tests, mammograms and other critical screening tests. Dentists can do a 100% painless ViziLite Plus exam in minutes, using a simple mouthrinse and a hi-tech glowstick, and find pre-cancer as well as cancer. Dentists are saving lives every day – Who knew?