The Importance Of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

March is ovarian cancer awareness month so it’s time for us all to become aware of this terrible disease! There are over 200 different kinds of cancer and each one has the potential to be deadly if left untreated for any amount of time. Awareness is important because it leads to people taking more time to look for symptoms in themselves. This alone can be enough to ensure that ladies catch their cancer early, before it becomes more dangerous. The earlier you can catch and treat a cancer the more likely it is to have it treated effectively without damage to you!

Ovarian cancer is obviously a condition which only affects women. 6,500 women are diagnosed with the condition in the UK alone and while most of these women are menopausal that doesn’t mean they all are. It’s possible to get ovarian cancer at almost any age and as such it’s important to know the symptoms. This knowledge could lead to you going to get checked by your doctor and this could save your life! Here’s what you need to look out for:

–          Persistent abdominal or pelvic pain

–          Persistent abdominal bloating (an increase in stomach size which isn’t usual period bloating and doesn’t go away)

–          Feeling much more full much more quickly

–          Needing to pee much more frequently or much more urgently

–          Changes in bowel habits

–          Extreme fatigue

–          Unexplained weight loss

The final three in the above list are uncommon symptoms but should be watched out for all the same. If you suffer from any number of these symptoms then it’s really important that you see your doctor as soon as you can. The earlier you catch a cancer the more effectively it can be treated and the less likely you are to experience any complications.