What Are Ovarian Cancer Symptoms? - Macmillan Cancer Support

I'm Siddharth I'm egami I'm a consultant gynecological oncologist at Imperial College NHS Trust in London ovarian cancer is more common in women over the age of 50 so about 80% of avaran cancers occur in women over the age of 50 usually after the menopause however they can occur in younger women particularly if they have a family history of say two or more close relatives who have had breast ovarian cancer their range of symptoms that women present with when they're diagnosed with ovarian cancer they're not usually very specific you may feel bloated or feel full quite quickly when you eat they may also be pain in the tummy lower back or during sex you may get symptoms of bladder or bowel habit change for example you might find that you're passing urine more frequently or having to go to toilet more urgently you might feel that you have constipation or diarrhea there may be changing way to either weight gain or weight loss which is unexplained and there may be unexplained tiredness some women may get only one or two of these symptoms and some might find that they get a combination of them women usually know their own bodies very well so if there is anything that is worrying you for example if the symptoms are severe recent onset or particularly if they're persistent then you should go and see your GP to check this out when you go to see your GP he or she is likely to ask you more questions and examine you you might like to keep a diary I do in your diary on a sheet of paper with their date and what symptom you've had and possibly even how severe it was it may be a collection of symptoms that you getting so they'll be quite useful to have lock them all down then you may need to have tests they may decide to refer you to a specialist say somebody like me to do tests and make a diagnosis it may be nothing sinister but it is important to get them checked out [Music] you

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Length: 2min 11sec (131 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 04 2020