Bladder cancer is real

Excerpt: “Unfortunately, cancer can happen to every part of the body. Recently, Deion Sanders shared he had his bladder removed because he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.

Bladder cancer does not get the attention of breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer, which have screening recommendations.

Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the U.S. The bladder is the organ that holds urine before you urinate, but after the kidneys have made urine. So, when abnormal cells develop in the bladder tissue they can become cancer cells.

Men are more likely to get bladder cancer, and the survival rate increases depending on how soon it a person gets a bladder cancer diagnosis.

The most common symptom is blood in the urine, which shows as a reddish urine if it’s obvious, but also can be seen on a tiny level through urine tests. Other symptoms include pain with urinating, frequent urination, back pain and frequent urinary tract infections.

The most common risk factor is smoking cigarettes, which increases the risk by three times. Age also increases a person’s risk of bladder cancer because most people diagnosed with bladder cancer are over 55 years ago. Chemical exposures in the blood stream can also increase the risk of developing bladder cancer because the bladder helps the body remove filtered molecules and particles.”

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