Thursday, September 3, 2015

How To Check If You Have Testicular Cancer

By Daphne Bowen


Cancer, this is one disease several people are currently suffering. This is because of their abnormal cell growth. Others even have abnormal cells the moment they were born. As these people are growing into the man or woman they are becoming, these cells are growing much faster than normal cell growth. With this, people get sick and, if not treated early, may cause death.

Cancer grows in different parts of our bodies. But the clinical world already has listed all the common areas of the body where these abnormal cells can potentially grow. For women, they have the breast, lungs, and bowel cancer. For men, they have the lung, prostate, and testicular cancer.

Knowing how to check these cancers, especially the testicular or TC, remove your fear of the disease and you will also feel that you are in control of your very own health. Because of this self empowerment, you are now able to help yourself get treated from this disease. With that, here are some ways in checking the signs of TC.

First, have a self examination. The doctors would often advice that all men must check their testicles every month. They have to search for anything that has changed in their organ. Specifically, they have to search for any hardened areas, lumps, or swells. If you've felt you have one of these, directly visit your doctor in your earliest available time.

When you feel that your lump is not painful, you might probably think your testicles are all okay. Your mind set should not be like this if you do not want to regret not seeing a doctor real soon. It is true there are lumps which are painful and there are those that are not. But you should remember that anything not normal in our body are all considered as dangerous for our health. You should also remember there are so many cases wherein men died from this.

The doctor then conducts tests in order for the self examination result be confirmed. He has to check your testes, test your blood, and get you an ultrasound. If this is your first time to try an ultrasound, there is no need for you to worry because this one is safe.

Remember, ultrasounds are used in checking the baby, in the womb the a mother, if he or she is healthy or not. Also, this one is commonly used to diagnose if a man has TC or not. Aside from this, they conduct blood test so to identify if your blood has tumor marker. These tumor markers are biomarkers which can potentially be elevated this kind of disease.

With the developments in clinical research and treatments, treatment for TC has been discovered. With the continuous research, it is now highly treatable even if it has already spread. But cancer is really a serious matter and the basic thing to do to avoid further complications is to visit your doctor.

Now that you know these things, you should now be aware on what are the things you need to do to yourself once a month. If you like to live for many more years, take good care of yourself. By not doing all the things mentioned above, TC might just be your nightmare.




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