2006-07-15 22:22:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Having cancer does not always mean having pain. Whether a patient has pain may depend on the type of cancer, the extent of the disease, and the patient’s tolerance for pain. Most pain occurs when the cancer grows and presses against bones, organs, or nerves. Pain may also be a side effect of treatment. However, pain can generally be relieved or reduced with prescription medicines or over-the-counter drugs recommended by the doctor. Other ways to reduce pain, such as relaxation exercises, may also be useful. Pain should not be accepted as an unavoidable part of having cancer. It is important for patients to talk about pain so steps can be taken to help relieve it. The fear of addiction or “losing control” should not stop patients from taking pain medication. Patients who take medications for cancer pain, as prescribed by their doctor, rarely become addicted to them. In addition, changing the dose or type of medication can usually help if the patient has troublesome side effects.
2006-07-15 22:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by nil imran 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO. I had a football size cancer on incased in my kidney and didn't have a clue till I was in an auto accident and they found the tumor while doing a ct scan looking for internal injuries. BTW, they removed the kidney the kidney, tumor and all. The cancer was contained so there was no need for further treatment and I have been okay for three years now.
I was just beginning to show a trace of blood in the urine and the doc said much longer and it would have been too late for surgery.
2006-07-16 09:32:48 · answer #2 · answered by Stick to Pet Rocks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I had my bladder cancer, it didn't cause any pain. The only reason I was able to get diagnoised was because the bladder infection I kept having put me in the hospital and caused great pain. The only other pain I experienced was the side effects from the chemotherapy........but the cancer itself was painless.
2006-07-19 03:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by A charmed one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; actually most cancers cause no pain at all, which makes it so deadly. It's not until the tumor is pressing on something or pinching a nerve, usually, that pain is felt.
2006-07-16 05:33:57 · answer #4 · answered by nurseTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancers are all painless in the beginning. Pain occurs only when cancers progress to involve nerves.
2006-07-16 07:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the beginning no that's why many people do have cancer and they find out when they have pains.A check up is the best think you can do...from personal experience
2006-07-16 05:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually no. Often people don't even know they have cancer until either it's too late, or through a routine physical. My dad never felt sick and never went to a doctor for YEARS. Then he went and found out he had leukemia.
2006-07-16 20:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by staygold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it was not the cancer, but rather the side effects from the treatment.
2006-07-17 01:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by barbaradjt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; some cancers are silent killers until the very end.
2006-07-16 05:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not every type, but if you don't feel pain you feel something else, like tiredness, and you feel unwell. there are symptoms in which you can tell it is a cancer.
2006-07-16 07:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋