Weight Loss Symptom Of Breast Cancer

A painless hard mass that has irregular edges is more likely to be cancer but breast cancers can be tender soft or round.

Weight loss symptom of breast cancer. Other cancers such as ovarian. It was brought on by the cancer pushing inside my abdomen making it physically impossible for. The causes of weight loss can vary significantly although the loss of appetite fatigue and nausea are not uncommon.

I thought boob dimples were from weight loss but i had rare sign of breast cancer. Weight loss in people with cancer. According to the american cancer society unexplained weight loss is often the first noticeable symptom of cancers of the esophagus pancreas stomach and lung.

Stress from an event such as a divorce a job change or a death of a friend. A cold or the flu can make you hack away but it s also a potential symptom of lung cancer along with red flags like chest pain weight loss hoarseness fatigue and shortness of breath. In this study of 44 patients with metastatic breast cancer 66 percent of women met the diagnostic criteria for anxiety in the last interview before death 2.

Yet the weight loss i experienced was an undesired side effect of stage iv metastatic breast cancer. Weight loss isn t characteristic of any single type of cancer and can occur whether a person has colon cancer lung cancer breast cancer or liver cancer. Back pain neck pain and unexplained weight loss were all listed as other breast cancer symptoms that led women to seek medical care and ultimately get diagnosed with breast cancer according to.

This becomes a terrible vicious cycle. Psychological symptoms including depression and anxiety increase greatly in patients shortly before dying of metastatic breast cancer reports a study published in the european journal of cancer care 2. They can even be painful.

For this reason it s important to have any new breast mass lump or breast change checked by an experienced health care. In this we see loss of fat stores and loss of muscle mass along with increasing fatigue. Lucy jones digital.