| There are many risk factors for kidney cancer. | | | | low vitamin E intake. Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a |
| Among a few of the top risks are smoking, an | | | | disease of tumors, which cause complications in |
| inactive life style, exposure to chemicals at home | | | | the nervous system. It causes continuous growth |
| or where you work, being overweight and family | | | | of tumors in the brain; causing problems with |
| history. There are other risk factors that can lead | | | | common things like walking, vision loss and retinal |
| to kidney cancer also, such as, high blood | | | | problems. It also causes tumors in the kidneys |
| pressure, taking diuretics, race, gender and certain | | | | and pancreas. Von Hippel Lindau disease in very |
| medications. The thing to remember is just | | | | rare and is found in only 1 of 36,000 cases and |
| because risk factors are present does not mean | | | | commonly diagnosed in the mid to upper twenties. |
| the disease will form. Risk factors give the | | | | Symptoms of the disease are mostly finding |
| physician a better idea on how to assess | | | | multiple tumors in common areas, or one tumor in |
| symptoms and how closely to watch a patient. A | | | | named areas and a definite family history of the |
| patient with a higher amount of risk factors will be | | | | disease. |
| watched more closely when symptoms of the | | | | Tuberous Sclerosis, also known as TSC, is a |
| disease arise than those without risk factors. | | | | complex; which causes irregular development of |
| It is also important to know risk factors to help | | | | benign tumors in the central nervous system. |
| aid in preventing the disease from occurring. If | | | | TSC can cause seizures, behavioral problems and |
| there are risk factors you can prevent such as | | | | skin abnormalities. The tumors often form in the |
| smoking or increasing vitamin intake, you maybe | | | | heart, kidneys and lungs. TSC can be mild or |
| able to help lower your chance of getting the | | | | severe and one can live a normal life, if it is |
| disease. If you stop smoking, the chances of you | | | | treated properly. |
| contracting kidney cancer are greatly reduced by | | | | The most important thing that you need to do is |
| as much as 40%. | | | | to consult with your physician regularly if you |
| Some risk factors can not be avoided; such as | | | | have any of these risk factors. Prevention is |
| genetic factors. As with many forms of kidney | | | | important by taking actions on those things that |
| cancer, losing weight and maintaining daily exercise | | | | you can control or stop. However, do not stop |
| will definitely help your cause. Obesity is the most | | | | taking medications. Remember, these are risk |
| common reason for adult onset diabetes and | | | | factors and though having them does not |
| juvenile diabetes, causing the need for dialysis or | | | | guarantee that you will contract kidney cancer it |
| kidney failure. Dialysis is inevitable in most patients | | | | does mean you should educate yourself and get |
| with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. | | | | regular checkups to aid in early detection. The |
| Among these common risk factors are also | | | | earlier the cancer is found the better the |
| Tuberous Sclerosis, Von Hippel Lindau disease and | | | | prognosis. |