Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Cancer Handbook

General Symptoms

• A sore or ulcer in your mouth that lasts longer than 3 weeks, or you develop red or white patches in your mouth. • A hoarse voice that does not get better. • Difficulty swallowing or chewing, or a feeling that something is stuck in your throat. • Blood in urine, stools, or vomitus. • Coughing up blood. • Bruises when you have not hurt yourself. • Vaginal bleeding between periods, after sex or after the menopause. • Blood in your semen. Unexplained bleeding or bruising

• How long it has been there. • If it is getting bigger. • If it is painful or uncomfortable. Lumps or swelling

Pain

• Pain in any part of the body without any reason and you do not know what is causing it.

• Severe tiredness for no obvious reason. Fatigue

Weight loss

Fevers or infections

• Without trying to. • And have not changed your diet or how much physical activity you do.

• Lasts a long time. • Keeps coming back. • Causes regular heavy sweating, enough to soak your bedclothes, especially at night.

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