|
2023-11-29 Science & Technology
|
|
Men, check your junk
|
[MAIL] A simple, 10-second self-exam could make the difference between life and aggressive cancer leading to cannonball-shaped tumors in the lungs.
Testicular cancer is the leading cause of a condition doctors called 'cannonball lung' - where the disease spreads to the lungs and forms a splattering of rapidly-multiplying tumors.
The odds of survival worsen from about 96 percent when spotted early to as low as 73 percent once the cancer has spread beyond the testicles to the lungs.
Florida-based emergency department physician Dr Sam Ghali took to Twitter to warn people of the deadly risk, after seeing the scenario in a young patient.
In a voice recording posted to the social media site, he told of a man in his 20s who went to the hospital for a persistent cough - and was found to have advanced-stage testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs.
Multiple growths appeared as cloudy blobs on the chest x-ray - a classic case of 'cannonball metastases', Dr Ghali said.
If caught early, such as through a self-exam, testicular cancer is largely treatable.
|
Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-29 05:48||
||
Front Page|| [25 views ]
Top
|
|
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-29 07:16||
2023-11-29 07:16||
Front Page
Top
|
|
Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-29 07:24||
2023-11-29 07:24||
Front Page
Top
|
|
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-11-29 12:53||
2023-11-29 12:53||
Front Page
Top
|
|
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-11-29 18:09||
2023-11-29 18:09||
Front Page
Top
|
|
23:26 trailing wife
23:22 trailing wife
23:12 Pancho Poodle8452
23:03 trailing wife
22:45 trailing wife
21:16 M. Murcek
20:03 swksvolFF
20:01 ed in texas
19:35 swksvolFF
19:33 Elmerert Hupens2660
19:32 swksvolFF
19:31 trailing wife
19:27 Elmerert Hupens2660
19:03 NN2N1
18:50 jpal
18:42 Elmerert Hupens2660
18:35 NN2N1
18:22 Spats+B.+Hayes8168
18:14 NN2N1
17:58 Airandee
17:26 Ululating Platypus
17:13 Lord Garth
16:57 SteveS
16:57 Lord Garth
|
