How can healthy people get cancer?

 

How can healthy people get cancer?

Could there be a malignant growth in you? How long can you have cancer before discovering it? Do you need to be screened?

It is true that some tumors are only discovered when symptoms appear. And this might happen after the condition has worsened or after a tumor has gotten big enough to be felt or detected by imaging examinations.

How does cancer spread in otherwise healthy people?

Before even one cancer cell arises in their body, many people are in excellent condition. I suppose my ex-wife also, unfortunately, experienced that.

THE FIRST STEP IS A CELL

Essentially, there is just one cell at the beginning.

The human body contains more than 100 billion trillion cells. Changes in a single cell or a small group of cells are the precursor to cancer: 

Signs that warrant an immediate trip to a doctor

A quick trip to the ER or to the doctor is advised in the event of some common cancer symptoms, which include:

severe unexplained pain in the head, neck, chest, belly, or pelvic blood in the stools or urine blood in the urine or stool lump in the breast, testicles, under the arm, or anywhere else where it didn't exist before unexplained but notable weight loss

The severity of these and other symptoms will be assessed. If your doctor deems it necessary, screenings such as blood and urine testing, imaging tests, and so on, will be used.

These examinations are carried out in order to aid in the diagnosis as well as to rule out potential causes of your signs and symptoms.

Be prepared to discuss the following details with your doctor when you visit:

your own medical background, detailing all symptoms you've had and when they first appeared; family history of cancer or other chronic diseases

a list of all the drugs and vitamins you take

Can a healthy person get cancer?

This is a question that is commonly posed. The solution is intricate.

In India, cancer is becoming a significant public health issue. It is a complex illness with a protracted latent period that requires specialized infrastructure and personnel for treatment. In India, there will likely be 800,000 new instances of cancer each year.

Returning to the persistent query, why do some people develop cancer while others do not?

Nobody truly understands why some healthy people develop cancer. Cancer is a disease of chance, as a professional correctly stated. This is the focus of a lot of research since the answer will indicate whether or not some malignancies can be prevented.

Cancer is a complicated set of diseases with numerous causes; it is not a single disease. Ask a cancer professional, and they'll tell you that while precise causes are unknown, risk factors are well understood.

Busting a common myth: Everybody has cancer cells in their body

No, everyone's body does not contain cancerous cells. That is untrue.

Our bodies regularly create new cells. Some of these brand-new cells have the capacity to develop into a malignancy.

We are always capable of creating cells with DNA damage. Either the damaged DNA heals by itself, or it undergoes apoptosis and perishes. Cancer doesn't happen in both scenarios, but it can still develop if one of the two doesn't happen.

We typically have the ideal number of each sort of cell. This is so that cells can regulate how much and how frequently they divide. Cells may begin to grow and multiply excessively, resulting in the formation of a mass known as a tumor, if any of these signals are damaged or absent.

The awful fact is that one solitary cell has the power to destroy your entire body.

Alcohol misuse, cigarette smoking, and chemical exposure can all cause cells to become defective.

But occasionally, negative things emerge from within.

BRCA GENE CHANGES

BReast CAncer genes, sometimes known as "BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes," may have been mentioned. Both men and women possess them.

They are so crucial that they are known as "tumor suppressor genes" because they prevent our cells from proliferating and dividing uncontrollably.

However, if your BRCA genes are defective (mutated), you have a (very) elevated risk of getting several cancers, such as:

cancers of the breast, ovary, prostate, and pancreas.

For instance, researchers think that around 70 in every 100 women (around 70%) with a faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene will develop breast cancer in the end.

What makes matters even worse, is that people with faulty BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes also have an increased risk to develop aggressive cancers.

For instance, experts estimate that over 70% of women with a defective BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene will ultimately get breast cancer. 

The fact that people with defective BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes also have a higher chance of developing aggressive malignancies only makes the situation worse.

SOURCES: for the image, I consulted this source: Life Without Breast. A New Tribe of Scarred Breast Cancer Heroes