@Luther12 , @panktcha@t.m and all the other medical practitioners in the house, below is an article I bumped into in today’s Daily Nation.
Briefly, scientists say intake of vegetables and/ or antioxidant supplements speeds up the spread of melanoma. This was discovered in a recent study. The same result was found in the cases of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
It was also reported that during clinical trials they had to stop giving patients antioxidants because they were dying a lot more faster.
Does this means vegetables are not effective at preventing cancer? should we stop taking vegetables all together?
Second issue: Are there some general tell-tale signs guys should look out for to detect cancer because this thing seems a lot more common these days, the last two weeks I’ve read/heard of 6 new cases, from liver cancer, cervical to blood cancer, Wtf!
And lastly, I have this bumps/ pimples just beneath the skin on my chest hapo katikati where you press when resuscitating guys. They are hard. The biggest one is like a centimeter wide, the others are small like normal pimples. Some nurse told me I shouldn’t worry they are normal and they’ll clear with time. I’ve had them since 2011. What could they be? Should I see a doctor ama?
Kwanza in a developing country like ours which has invested very little in the health sector misdiagnosis is very common. Its not always the doctors fault but some are just schupid.
There is one who had a lab and I had symptoms za UTI so I go in and he insists he does Urinalysis plus VDRL (syphillis test). VDRL apparently turns out positive. I was sure it wasn’t syphillis because I did not have any symptoms related to it, I visited another clinic and it turned out negative. The lady in the lab laughed at me because of how scared I was but she also agreed it couldn’t be syphillis.
I am a sucker at medicine. Mimi ni mtu ya kisu. Oncology is part of them and is a complicated isht. There is something they call SUVIMAX trial, google that stuff.
You will notice cancers have various risk factors with antioxidant supplementation. There are also many variables kama amount and type of supplements, age, sex, types of cancers blablabla. Too much theory in it.
Bottomline: Antioxidants prevent cancers cause they scavenge the free radicals which are potential carcinogens. Free radicals react with DNA alafu cells zinaanza kumultiply ufala, inakua cancer. So endelea kula machungwa yako upole.
On mortality once you have the cancer, it will depend on the type of cancer and supplement (this will automatically depend on amount pia). Of note kuna antioxidants mob Vitamins A, C, E, Selenium, glutathione, copper, beta carotene na zingine kadhaa. So unless you stop feeding kabisaa you definitely will not miss feeding yourself with antioxidants. Milk is also a source. Relax.
Cancer is real. Friday is my team’s Mastectomy day. On average we do about 10-12 radical mastectomies.
These are top cream of the society, sembuse wale wanyonge hawajiwezi. Mind you, cancers and low social economic status are directly proportional.
Cancers have signs and symptoms. Most have a genetic or familial predisposition. So kama mko na cancer kwa familia, its always good to know which it is. Kuna listing iliwekwa hapa ya Prostate Cancer sometime back, search it. Thats our biggest worry kama wanaume. Otherwise, kula na ukamuane na uache wasiwasi.
Hizo bump zinakusumbua. So see a doctor. But my bet is a Lipoma (just some fat), but hakuna ghost inaweza diagnose hio shida yako online. Lipomas are mostly harmless, painless unless ni kubwa zinacompress organs. Enda hosi, they will decide there.
Misdiagnosis - its real they happen to anyone. Depending on many factors. 1. Patient. 2. Doctor. 3. System.
These stuff we read on web on health and lifestyle are by far misleading. Kama haijatoka British Medical Journal (BMJ), New England Medical Journal (NEMJ) ama Uptodate, usitilie maanani sana. Just read it for the sake of reading.
The easiest way kumanage shida za wanaume ni “WATER MUST FLOW”. Always ask your self, is water flowing normally?
Bora, unakunywa poa, unakojoa na kumwaga poa, uko safe.
Hakuna rocket science.
Of note, kama mtu anaweza, now that we are young and have money for road trips na kukamua nyoka, there is usually a Well Man and Well Woman Clinic at Mater Hospital, the best treat you can do for your old guys is to take them there. They will have a full basic medical check up done on them. Quality and cheapest around Nairobi. Sipendi kupromote biashara za watu.
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Please clarify this hypothesis, Cancers and low social economic status are directly proportional, meaning the lower your economic status, the higher the risk of cancer ama im getting you how??
Meaning the poor who mostly have limited access to proper healthcare often suffer the most in terms of delayed diagnosis and initiation of treatment upon diagnosis (i.e. affordability).
Poverty is also often associated with lack of proper and timely information, in this case information on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Example: the case of xeroderma pigmentosum that was recently in the media.
Yes, Cancer is by large a disease of the poor. Cancer is a progressive disease and the sooner it is diagnosed the better coz it can be arrested. Kama sasa, Unapata most women in the lower SES hawatambui Pap Smears na wale wanajua wanaenda kwa kina mugo juu ni punch ama free, substandard sonographers who copy paste each other lab report. End result cancer inafika stage III and IV. Prognosis is poor. Death inakua inevitable.
Like now, how many people will afford that low cost (30k) care above?
In a good center, a modified radical mastectomy will cost around half a milli, how many poor women will afford it?
In fact most people who seek these services are insurance holders. Kama sio insurance cancer inaweza tumaliza Kenya.
The LSES people have a poor health seeking behavior and health services utilization.
That’s the worst thing that can ever happen. My mum was misdiagnosed with cervical cancer thank God we sought a second opinion and a third just to confirm she didn’t have cancer.
I understand, however, what in your opinion is the prevalence rate of cancer with regards to the economic status of the population, or to put it another way, is there more cancer going round in the lower echelons of society as compared to the upper, or is more or less the same prevalence regardless of economic status.