| Kidney cancer has direct links to a person's urine | | | | The kidneys carry out vital roles within the body |
| because the kidneys play a vital role in filtering | | | | including filtering blood and making hormones. |
| waste products out of our blood. And like other | | | | These hormones regulate blood pressure, control |
| forms of cancer, kidney cancer may not | | | | calcium levels and help in the manufacture of red |
| immediately produce symptoms or, if and when | | | | blood cells. Healthy kidneys go a long way to |
| symptoms do appear they may have done so | | | | making a healthy body. |
| for reasons other than cancer. A person with an | | | | There are some interesting facts about kidney |
| infection or a cyst for example, will present as | | | | cancer. The first is that most kidney cancers are |
| would someone with kidney cancer. Initially a | | | | discovered when the doctor is checking a patient |
| tumor in the kidney may be very small in which | | | | for something unrelated to kidney cancer. We |
| case there may well be few if any symptoms at | | | | each have two kidneys and to have a kidney |
| all. | | | | removed in order to beat the disease normally |
| Kidney cancer is likely to be found more in people | | | | makes little difference. We are usually able to |
| over 55 years of age and is more common in | | | | function quite normally with just one kidney. In |
| men than in women. There are several factors | | | | fact some elite athletes perform and perform well |
| which are believed to influence the cause of | | | | having had one of their kidneys removed. In |
| kidney cancer and the interesting thing is that | | | | some cases of kidney cancer, only a part of the |
| many of these factors are able to be controlled | | | | diseased kidney is removed leaving the patient |
| by the patient; two excellent examples being | | | | with one and half kidneys, so to speak, to |
| smoking and obesity. Don't smoke and do lose | | | | continue living a healthy and normal life. |
| weight are two ways to reduce your risk of | | | | As with any form of cancer, any patient who has |
| developing kidney cancer. | | | | one or more of the symptoms listed above |
| Symptoms of this disease are as follows:o Blood | | | | should immediately see their doctor and explain |
| is seen in one's urine and this is the most | | | | their condition. It may be there no cancer present |
| common symptom. But this symptom can be | | | | but if there is, the sooner the tests are carried |
| because a person has kidney stones, an infection | | | | out and the treatment begun, the better are your |
| or, in the case of many men, an enlarged | | | | chances of a good recovery. |
| prostate gland.o A lump or swelling in the area of | | | | The health of our blood is greatly influenced by |
| the kidney.o General lethargy and tiredness.o A | | | | the health of our kidneys. Give them the best |
| pain or ache which persists in the lower back or | | | | chance to shine by avoiding bad things and giving |
| lower side.o Sudden weight loss and/or loss of | | | | your body all the goodness of natural, healthy |
| appetite.o Sweating, fever and the like. | | | | living. |