What are the symptoms of uterine cancer

Uterine cancer, also known as cervical cancer, is a gynecological disease that can be detected early. The incidence of uterine cancer is second only to breast cancer, and it is more common in women over 35 years old. About 40% of patients with early uterine cancer have no symptoms, and the peak is usually reached when women are 50 to 54 years old. Compared with endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer, the early symptoms of uterine cancer are more obvious, and the more typical manifestations include bleeding, abnormal secretions, disease metastasis and pain.

1. Vaginal discharge

Because adenocarcinoma grows in the uterine cavity, the chance of infection is less than that of cervical cancer, so in the early stage, there may be only a small amount of bloody leucorrhea, but it is easy to get infected and necrotized later, and a large amount of foul-smelling pus and bloody fluid will be discharged. Sometimes the discharge may contain small fragments of cancerous tissue. If pus accumulates in the cervical cavity, it will cause fever, abdominal pain, and leukocytosis. The general condition will also deteriorate rapidly.

2. Pain

The cancer and its bleeding and the accumulation of fluids stimulate the irregular contraction of the uterus, causing paroxysmal pain, accounting for about 10-46%. This symptom mostly occurs in the late stage. If the cancer tissue penetrates the serosa or erodes the connective tissue around the uterus, bladder, or compresses other tissues, it can also cause pain, which is often stubborn and progressively aggravated; and it often radiates from the lumbosacral region and lower abdomen to the thighs and knees.

3. Uterine bleeding

Irregular vaginal bleeding before and after menopause is the main symptom of endometrial cancer. It is usually a small to moderate amount of bleeding, and rarely a large amount of bleeding. Not only are younger or near-menopausal patients prone to mistaking it for irregular menstruation and not seeking medical treatment in time, but even doctors often neglect it. Some individuals also have delayed menstrual cycles, but the symptoms are irregular. Postmenopausal patients often present with continuous or intermittent vaginal bleeding. Endometrial cancer patients generally do not have contact bleeding. Late bleeding may be mixed with rotten meat-like tissue.

4. Others

In the late stage, patients can feel the enlarged uterus or adjacent tissues and organs in the lower abdomen, which can cause swelling and pain in the lower limb on that side, or compress the ureter to cause hydronephrosis or renal atrophy on that side; or symptoms of systemic failure such as anemia, weight loss, fever, cachexia, etc. may occur.

Uterine cancer has a huge impact on patients, so when the above symptoms appear in your body, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.