Anal Cancer Health Feed

Developing cancer is either totally your bad luck where you haven t been doing anything wrong in your diet and lifestyle still develop it or it is out of bad lifestyle, eating habits and negative attitude towards life. But death due to cancer is totally due to carelessness in which a person didn t pay attention to initial symptoms and left cancer for thriving in the body. The truth has been said that cancer isn t a killer but delayed diagnosis and wrong or improper treatment is. Awareness, early...more

Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm originating in the cervix uteri. Cervical cancer is one of the most common cause of cancer in women. Lack of screening programs in the developing world means that the disease is not identified until it is too late, resulting in higher mortality.

Symptoms :

Asymptomatic (without any symptom)

Vaginal bleeding on touch

Abnormal vaginal bleeding

Intermenstrual bleeding

Bleeding after coitus

Menstru...more

Oral cancers are the most common cancers in Indian males. Tobacco addiction in any form is the leading cause of the same. Avoid tobacco and related products for the prevention of these cancers.

Predominant symptoms of anal fissure r anal pain with burning at anus typically at the end of defaecation. H/o occasional painful bleeding at anus may be present. Anal cancer also may present with bloody painful defaecation. In early anal cancer pt may complain of constipation with occasional anal pain. In either case an experienced general surgeon, not a physician must be consulted for diagnosis & investigations at an early date. No time should be wasted as in anorectal cancer early treatment c...more

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I have evaluated your query thoroughly.* The hemorrhoid and anal fissure is to be diagnosed with clinical examination of per rectum and procto
anoscopy evaluation.* Colon cancer require CT scan, colonoscopy for further confirmation. Hope this clears your query. Wishing you fine recovery. Welcome for any further assistance. Regards take care.

Cancer, the name itself sends chills down the spine! But every time we hear someone has cancer, though we feel sorry for them, we never think it could happen to us. But even though the probability of it may not be high at all, a disease that is rare can still hit you like a bolt from the blue! This is exactly the case with anal cancer, which is a very rare form of cancer. But, since the rates of its incidence are rising, it is well worth learning a few things about it.

Who is at Risk?more

Hiv is immunocompromised condition of the body present as frequent infections especially fungal infections. Sometimes cancers also develop in hiv patients like sarcoma, cervix, anal cancers etc. Cancer is abnormal uncontrolled proliferation of cells leading to symptoms like palpable lump, ulceration which doesn't heal, bleeding from anywhere, weight loss, difficulty in swallowing, change in voice, change in bowelor bladder habits etc. Treatment for cancer is done depending on site, size, stage a...more

Anal cancers are Cancers of anal canal, presenting as ulceration or growth in anal canal. Symptoms are difficulty in passing motions, bleeding, and sometimes constipation or diarrhoea. Treatment is done by radiation -chemotherapy.

Some forms of cancer such as cervical cancer can be prevented by vaccines. Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer that affects women. The vaccine that prevents cervical cancer is known as the human papilloma virus(HPV) vaccination. Let's take a look at a few things you should know about this vaccination.

What is HPV?
There are over a hundred types of HPV. While some of them affect the genital area and can cause abnormal tissue growth that leads to cervical cancer o...more