Signs of Cancer you may not realise...

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Lachema Foundation have released some pretty shocking statistics and
it's that only one in five Australians can name a
single sign or symptom associated with blood cancers in Australia.
So blood cancers are like lakemia. So only one in
five and that's why so many people are so shocked

(00:20):
when they're finally diagnosed. One in twelve Australians are at
risked at being diagnosed. So when you think about that statistic,
and then one in three patients have a delay in
diagnosis just because I guess the backlog of what's going
on in our country at the moment with medicine. So
the Lakema Foundation want us to share some of the

(00:41):
signs to look out for. Do you know what any
of them are? Gaily and signs? Yeah, let's say just
blood related cancers, yes I do, okay. Infection, yes, getting infections, yes,
that is one of them. If you get continual mouth
ulcers or you keep getting the flu, lots of fevers,

(01:01):
things like that, that's definitely one of the signs. Another
one which is a bit annoying but unexplained weight loss.
So you sit in there thinking, go you but actually
cancer changes your appetite and so you can lose weight
and it's unexplained. Another one is fatigue. Yeah, that's one
for most cancers, I would imagine, but definitely fatigue is

(01:24):
one of them. Another one is bruising or bleeding, so
you start getting bruises that you can't explain to me.
That's the one I know because I remember one of
my friends passed away of leukemia and she had unexplained
bruising and wasn't playing many sports and things like that,
so there was nothing to explain it away. I think aches,
aches as well, aches and and drenching night sweats. So

(01:47):
for women, this is a tricky one, right because when
we get to menopause or perimenopause, we get hot, sweaty,
we have night sweats. So some women will write it
off as oh, I must be going through the change.
Actually they're so similar. Fatigue, it's something that happens with
perimenopause and menopause. Night sweats is something probably one of

(02:08):
the first things a lot of doctors that specialize in
menopause do please check for blood cancer. So I went
and had all my tests as I've spoken about and that,
and I said, I was like, you're testing me for cancer,
and they're like, yes, we're just making sure because all
of your symptoms sound similar to this, and luckily I
was okay, And yeah, lots of pain in your bones,
joints or in your abdomen as well. So there are

(02:30):
a few of the signs. And a pale complexion. I
thought that was different. But if you're feeling faint, if
you have headaches, and even people with darker skin may
start to look a little bit grayish and they may
be pale on the palm of their hands, so that's
something to look out for if you have a darker
complexion anyway. So they're just a few things to look

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out for that the Lakemia Foundation want to share. If
you go to their website just Lakimia Foundation dot org
dot au. Everything's super explained there and this could help
save lives because honestly, with like, I don't think I
would ever miss any of this because I get an
itchy I and I Google have I got cancer? So

(03:12):
Google Google. Honestly, I'm like, oh my goodness, my eye
is itchy. I'm dying, so I'm going to be fine.
But there are many who ignore the signs. Don't let
that be you