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| Men, check your junk |
| 2023-11-29 |
| [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 |
| #4 Half son. I bet so. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-11-29 18:09 |
| #3 In [somewhat] related news: "‘I have frozen my penis,’ says Swedish cross-country skier Calle Halfvarsson after racing in icy temperatures." Speaking from my Norsk heritage, he's a Swede, so it was probably the hardest it had ever been... |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2023-11-29 12:53 |
| #2 She was just checking. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-29 07:24 |
| #1 Don't lose your nose. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-29 07:16 |