Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases in the world. Its tumors can develop on several body organs and tissues, such as the lungs, colon, breast or uterus. Moreover, the latter is the most common female cancer. If it is not detected and treated promptly, it can cause the tumors to become enlarged or spread to neighboring organs and tissues. In the rest of this article you will find the story of a woman with this type of cancer who has refused to seek treatment for years. The size of his tumor is gigantic!
Multiple pregnancy? Maybe not…
This young woman from Guatemala saw her belly widen over time, so much so that anyone who saw her thought she was pregnant and not a single baby.
However, what developed inside her body was far from being fetuses. It was a cancerous tumor that arose in her uterus, and that did not stop growing and gain in volume.
Because of certain popular beliefs that were firmly entrenched in the young woman's mind, she refused to seek treatment and allowed the tumor to develop in her body for 7 long years.
The day she finally decided to get operated, the doctors were shocked to see a tumor as gigantic.
Fortunately for her, the operation went well and her cancer did not spread to the adjacent organs, which would have put her life in danger.
Cancer of the uterus
The uterus is a muscular organ that is part of the female genital tract, responsible for the fetus throughout the 9 months of pregnancy. The tumors that develop at its level are essentially due to a mutation of the cells lining it, they begin to multiply or behave abnormally.
Among the factors favoring its appearance, we find:
Family history:
The risk of developing cancer of the uterus increases if one of your loved ones (mother, sister, aunt ...) has been reached.
Obesity:
According to a study by the International Cancer Center of WHO published in The Lancet Oncology, obesity would be a major risk factor in the development of cancer. This is due to the fact that it causes a chronic and generalized inflammation in the body, thus weakening its tissues. In addition, adipose tissue promotes the secretion of hormones and conversion of androgens to estrogens, which increases the risk of hormone-dependent cancer, such as breast, uterine and prostate cancer.
Hormonal treatments:
Effective to relieve the symptoms of menopause, hormonal treatments are not without health hazards for women. Indeed, research has shown that estrogen-only hormone therapy - without the combination of progesterone - increases the risk of cancer of the uterus.
Early menstruation or late menopause:
When a woman has menstruation before age 12 or menopause after age 55, this shows that her body is producing estrogen for longer, which results in an increased risk of cancer of the uterus.
Absence of pregnancy:
Knowing that the rate of estrogen in the body decreases during pregnancy, the more a woman gives birth, the lower her risk of cancer of the uterus. Moreover, women who have never given birth are twice as likely to suffer from this type of cancer.
In order to avoid succumbing to this type of cancer and increasing its chances of survival, it is important to carry out regular medical checks in order to detect the disease at its beginnings and thus benefit from an adequate and effective treatment which would also reduce risk of recidivism.