Early symptoms of five types of cancer men should especially worry for

It is familiar that men delay their visit to doctors and it is very important to learn how to recognize the possible symptoms and defend themselves from the types of cancer that most often appear with them.

If you smoke or you are exposed to chemicals every day at work, you should especially pay attention to the unspecific symptoms of some diseases after 50 years of age, beextrahealthynow.com reports.

The website lists the ones which are thought to be the most dangerous:

1. Prostate cancer

Usually, there are no early clear symptoms. A digital rectal test can discover some irregularities. But, cancer can be noticed simply by a doctor if he sees the high level of PSA (prostate specific antigens).

This type of cancer appears in 5 to 7% of men older than 50. The death rate is relatively low – 3% of the patients. After 70, almost 80% of men have a type of prostate cancer, but most of the patients don’t die.

The symptoms of diseases to which especially older than 50 should pay attention (they may as well point on some benign changes):

- inability to urinate

- difficulties when urinating (stops then continues or intermittent urination)

- often urination, especially at night

- a weaker or weak flow of urine

- constant feeling of insufficiently emptied bladder

- painful urination and stinging

- blood in the urine

- blood in the sperm

- problems with erection and ejaculation (painful ejaculation)

- more frequent pains in the lower part of the back and the hips

- difficulties with the urination, slow flow and incomplete emptying of the bladder can be a consequence of an increased prostate and narrowing of the urethra.

2. Lung cancer

Lung cancer also doesn’t show some early symptoms of the disease.

“But, a constant cough or the one with blood are often a proof that there is cancer present.
Besides that, there is also pain in the chest which is constantly present and which isn’t affected by moves”, said Doctor Ezra Cohen, an oncologist from the Medical Centre with the University of Chicago.

Besides these symptoms a person can notice the loss of their weight, temperature and asthma.
Sometimes these symptoms can also point to a chest inflammation. X-ray shows cancer and chest inflammation as they are white. Biopsy is the only certain indicator.

If you smoke or you are a passive smoker, you mustn’t ignore the cough.

3. Colon cancer

You must never ignore blood in your stool even if it appears only once. Maybe it’s pre-carcinogenic bleeding polyp and bleeding is the only early sign that you’ll notice. More than a half of the patients don’t have early signs of the disease.

With men younger than 50 bleeding is probably a consequence of hemorrhoids, colitis or abnormal blood venation. Still, you should visit a doctor.

Colonoscopy is the only reliable method to diagnose and the best way for your doctor to remove the polyp which would later develop into a very dangerous disease.

4. Bladder cancer

Blood in the urine is a reason to visit a doctor. If you’re younger than 60, it is probably a kidney stone. But, it is worth the check because if you notice bladder cancer in time you can easily beat it. A too active bladder or a painful urination are often a sign of infection.

If you smoke and you are very exposed to chemicals at work, like aniline colors, benzidines and aromatic amines, you work in a textile or chemical industry, printing houses, metal profession, with a mechanic or a car-lacquer you will have an increased risk for the disease to appear, so carefully watch the possible symptoms.

5. Lymphoma

Painful, swollen lymph nodes on your neck, armpit or groins are the main symptoms of the disease. Lymph nodes are swollen because of an infection, but if they don’t go down after a week, you should visit the doctor. An inexplicable loss of weight in a month or two, pain in the area of the nodes after drinking alcohol and itching without a rash can be a reason to be worried.

A blood test can easily point to a possible lymphoma, but a biopsy is a more certain procedure of testing. Lymphoma is actually a malicious transformation of the cells in the lymphocyte composition. Lymphocytes are quickly divided and grow so they create clusters in the lymph nodes or other organs which are composed of lymphatic tissue. These lymphocytes, with blood and lymph, can easly get to all parts of the body.

The pressure of the lymphocyte mass on the surrounding tissues points to the patient that something is wrong. But still, the patient doesn’t need to have symptoms.