10 Signs That Suggests You Don’t Have Cancer
Introduction
We are living in an environment that is fully polluted, stressed, and leading an unhealthy lifestyle. We usually don’t find time with our family and friends to talk and have quality time together. Due to the stress that we are handling in day-to-day life due to workload, it's common to develop symptoms like headaches and skin diseases as we travel more in the pollution, which is common in all of us. The major factor that fears all of us is obesity which develops due to unhealthy lifestyles. In this blog, let’s discuss the misinterpretation of common symptoms of cancer and about 10 signs that say you don’t have cancer.
How Does Cancer Create An Impact On People’s Minds?
The word “cancer” creates more anxiety and fear in many people due to its severity. Cancer not only affects the health condition but it creates more impact on the emotional side. Individuals usually develop emotional insecurity that they fail to create a balance between physical and mental health. The important facts to know are cancer symptoms vary with age, gender, lifestyle, genetic history, and medical history of the person.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Do You Know What Hypochondriacs Are?
Hypochondriacs are people who always worry about their health condition even when everything is normal. They are the individuals who cannot take health issues normally, which is common in everyone. Let’s set an example, headache is a common problem that everyone has experienced, but hypochondriacs will think more about it like it may cause brain tumors or it will be some other issue that cannot be sought out. so,
“Stop thinking more. Let it go”
10 Signs That Suggest You Don’t Have Cancer
1. Signs That’s Been There For A Long
All of us will have some usual signs that will be there already from our younger age. Common symptoms such as headaches, coughing, slight fever, discomfort, indigestion, and allergies do not always indicate that if you present with these signs, you don’t have cancer. Cancer usually develops gradually, and they always show different symptoms at different stages. There won’t be one specific symptom of cancer. Each and every phase of cancer is different and will be aggravated by time in every phase. So, you do need to worry about some general symptoms that all of us face in our daily life.
2. Women Experiencing Lumps In The Breast
It’s always good for women to check for breast self-examination and the presence of any lumps in their breasts. But this is not usual in all cases. It’s different in breast cancer cases, where most of the cancerous lumps are hard and have a discharge of pus or blood in nipple regions, any changes in size and shape of the breast. Some of the common lumps are caused due to scar tissue, fibrous growth, and fatty growth.
3. Do You Have Breast Pain?
Breast pain can create fear in all women. But at all times, you don't need to worry about it. Usually, breast pain can occur on one side of the breast, or sometimes both sides are subjected to pain. Underling situations can vary from person to person. Some common causes of breast pain are,
- Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding
- Menstruation
- Injury
- Undersized bra
- Excessive exercise
4. Symptoms That Are Intermittent
Some symptoms can come now and then, but they won’t stay for a longer duration of time. But in the case of cancer, there will be a constant set of symptoms that never fades out, and the addition of newer symptoms occurs in different phases and stages of cancer. There are certain exemptions, too, such as bowel cancer, where diarrhea and bloody stools can happen frequently. In such cases, it can be examined and consulted with a physician.
5. Headache Without Any Associated Symptoms
The usual cause of headaches is stress, pressure, and workload that we face daily and due to the noise pollution that we experience in traffic and in crowded areas. We all have emotional distress that creates an impact over headaches. Those are not at all the causes of cancer. Brain tumors are the rarest, and it's less than 1 in 100 people that can happen. Until the headache continues for a longer time, even after taking medication, and it’s associated with difficulty in walking, reading, and being unable to do daily routine work, you do not need to worry about headaches.
6. You Are Neither A Smoker Nor A Secondhand Smoker?
Do you know what a secondhand smoker is? Yes, you heard it right. Smoking affects not only the person who smokes it but also it affects the person who has involuntarily inhaled it. Smoking is the major cause of many types of cancer, which include lung cancer, oral cancer, kidney, esophagus, and stomach cancer. If you don’t have a habit of smoking and you are not a part of active or passive smoking then you are at low risk of developing cancer.
7. Constipation
Constipation usually occurs due to improper dietary habits, and your diet lacks fiber content and water in meals. Physical inactivity is a major reason for constipation. Unless and until you note constipation with fever, blood loss, and diarrhea, there is nothing to worry about constipation. Keep an eye on your diet, stress levels, and physical activity, which play a major role in constipation.
8. Symptoms That Just Come On
Symptoms that persist for a day or two and vanish can be ignored from the thought that it might be cancer. Because cancer tends to cause symptoms that slowly worsen over time.
9. Does Cancer Affect Younger Age Groups?
Cancer affects only certain age groups. Age is one of the important factors that you will check for cancer. Most cancer does not affect individuals in younger age groups. Most cancer like skin, colon and rectum, lung, breast (women), and prostate men) begins only in the mid-30s.
10. Are All Health Reports Normal?
Last but not least, it gives clear-cut pictures that you don’t have to worry about. Usually, cancer leaves several traces in the pathology of the person. It cannot be missed out or misinterpreted the findings. So please don’t stress yourself that will lead to several other diseases besides cancer.
Quick Tips To Overcome Fear
- Follow healthy dietary methods.
- Proper sleep can improve your mental stability.
- Spend quality time with family.
- Do regular exercises.
- Avoid smoking and consumption of alcohol.
