Friday, August 28, 2015

How To Discover If You Have Testicular Cancer

By Daphne Bowen


One deadly disease wherein some people are suffering is cancer. Cancer is formed due to the abnormal cell growth. Other people just definitely have inborn abnormal cells within them. As these people grow, some of them experiences rapid cell growth thus leading to cancer. Because of this, they get sick and in need of immediate treatment because, if not, this may cause their 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.

But knowing the ways to check these, especially the testicular or TC, will help you remove your fear from this disease and gain confidence in controlling your good health. Due to self empowerment, you can now help your very own self to be treated. Because of that, here are several ways to check 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.

You might be thinking that your testicles are okay because the lump is not painful. No, you should not think like this because you might regret not seeing your doctor as soon as possible. Yes, there are those lumps that are painful and some are not but, remember, anything abnormal in our body is dangerous for our health and for us. Also remember that there are already many cases of men who died from this disease.

As you visit your doctor, he will then conduct tests to confirm your thoughts. He has to physically check your testes, conduct blood testing, and later get your ultrasound. You do not need to worry with the ultrasound because it is naturally very 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.

Due to all the developments in clinical treatments and research, doctors have seen treatments for TC. Due to this never ending research, TC is now treatable even though it already has spread. But every men should not be relaxed because of this as this disease is always a very serious matter that needs to attend directly. Therefore, as you visit your doctor you are prone to avoiding all the possible complications.

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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