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Throat Cancer Symptoms: Do You Still Smoke?

Throat cancer affects many areas of the throat like the vocal cords or the larynx. Throat cancer usually affects men. If you smoke or drink a lot of alcohol then you are at great risk. If you combine smoking and drinking alcohol then the risk for throat cancer symptoms to appear is extreme.

Most throat cancer symptoms usually develop in middleaged people older than 50.

The most researched and significant symptoms are:

- Hoarseness encountered for more than 1-2 weeks
- Soar throat encountered for more than 1-2 weeks
- Pain in your neck
- Swallowing difficulties
- Any kind of swellings in your neck
- Unexpected weight loss
- Lasting cough
- Coughing blood
- Change in your voice tone
- Difficulty in breathing

and the list goes on. That was just the most importand throat cancer symptoms.

The good news is that throat cancer symptoms can be treated succesfully if detected early. The treatment aims at the destruction of the affected throat cells before cancer is spreaded to other parts of your body.

If you are a heavy smoker or drinker it is highly recommended that you visit a doctor every now and then to perform regular tests. Especially if you encounter throat cancer symptoms like hoarseness or change in your voice tone for more than a week or two.

Don't want to visit your doctor? Here are some of the heavy throat cancer symptoms that may appear as throat cancer grows:

- Great breathing difficulties
- Loss of speaking and voice
- Disfigurement of your face
- Deformity of your skin
- Great swallowing difficulties (many patients cannot eat so they are fed through a feeding tube)

and the worse thing that can happen is when cancer spreads to other parts of your body. In that case you really can't cure the symptoms easily.

By Maria Markella

Cervical Cancer Symptoms: What You Need To Know

The cervix is part of a woman's reproductive system. Doctors cannot explain why some women develop cervical cancer while others do not. What we do know is that there are risk factors which make some women more vulnerable, to develop cervical cancer, than others.

These risk factors increase the possibility of developing cervical cancer and they may act together to increase the risk even more.

HPV (Human Papilloma Viruses) is the most significant risk factor for cervical cancer. The HP Viruses affect the cervix directly and can be passed from person to person through sexual contact. In fact, most adults have been infected with HPVs at some time in their lives.

The HPV viruses can cause changes to our body cells which is why various problems including cervical cancer can occur.

I will be brief and present the most worth mentioning Cervical Cancer Symptoms. It is very importand to know that most of the cervical cancer symptoms may not cause any kind of pain.

So don't wait to feel pain before seeing a doctor or performing the regular tests (e.g. pap test)

Women with Cervical Cancer may notice some of the following symptoms:
- Abnormal Vagina Bleeding
-- Bleeding between regular menstrual periods
-- Bleeding after sexual contact.
-- Bleeding during menstrual periods that last longer
-- Bleeding after menopause
- Increased Vaginal discharge
- Pelvic Pain
- Pain During Sexual Intercourse

These symptoms may be caused by other health problems, not just cervical cancer. Only a doctor can tell for sure.

Women should pay a visit to their doctor as soon as they notice such symptoms. The doctor can and will diagnose and treat the symptom accordingly. Again, its importand to perform regular tests and visit your doctor every now and then.

By Maria Markella