What are the symptoms of bone cancer? Understand these eight points

The symptoms of bone cancer are swelling or lumps, deformities, fractures, a feeling of pressure, functional disorders, lumps on the bone surface, numbness of the limbs, back pain, etc. Therefore, bone cancer generally has a great impact on a person's health and you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

Bone cancer is a very painful disease. After the onset of the disease, the body will be in constant pain. The pain in the early stages of bone cancer is similar to that of arthritis, so it is easy to be confused. Therefore, many people want to know where the pain of bone cancer is, and also want to know the high-risk groups for bone cancer and the manifestations of the disease. Let’s take a look at the symptoms of bone cancer.
1. Accompanied by swelling or lumps <br/>Swelling usually appears slowly after the pain has appeared for a period of time. If the cancer is under the eardrum, or if there is superficial peripheral swelling, it will appear earlier. In this case, it will also cause bone expansion, thus causing body deformation.
2. Cause deformity <br/>If cancer cells appear in the bones, it will affect the development of the bones and their toughness, thus causing deformity. This situation is more obvious in the lower limbs, and knee valgum or knee varum may occur.
3. Accompanied by fractures <br/>The cancerous bone parts can cause fractures even if they are subjected to only a little external force, and the swelling and pain at the fracture site are very severe. If the cancer occurs in the spine and fractures occur, severe cases may lead to paralysis.
4. Accompanied by a feeling of oppression <br/>If cancer cells appear in the cranial cavity and nasal cavity, they will further compress the brain tissue and nose, and will further lead to uneven intracranial pressure and difficulty breathing.
5. Functional impairment <br/>In the later stages of bone cancer, the patient’s normal functions will be affected by the pain. Even simple walking activities will be affected. In severe cases, symptoms of muscle atrophy may occur.
6. Bone surface lumps <br/>Early-stage bone cancer patients will have obvious lumps on the surface of the bones. The lumps feel hard but may not be painful. Some patients will feel obvious pain, while others will not.
7. Numbness in the limbs <br/>In the early stages, bone cancer patients will often experience numbness in the distal ends of their limbs due to compression of the nerves and blood vessels in the body. If you often experience numbness in your limbs, you need to be alert to whether you have bone cancer.
8. Back pain <br/>This is also a common symptom in patients with bone cancer. In the early stages, patients will experience back pain for no reason, without cold or fever, but just pain in the back.