A young woman has urged the public to seek help for persistent coughs — after her irritating tickle turned out the be the only sign of life-threatening blood cancer.
Beth Harris, 24, from Staffordshire, said if she hadn't challenged her doctor's initial diagnosis of a chest infection, she would have been dead within the year.
The conveyancer first began coughing in February, but assumed it would 'just go away'.
However, after nagging from her mother and partner, she sought help from the GP, who diagnosed a chest infection and prescribed two different types of antibiotics.
'我是那些认为它会消失的人之一,”她说。
最终她回到了医生,他对问题没有消失表示担忧。
检查什么都没有错,GP送她去了当地医院X射线和CT SCAN。
两周后,她被召回,收到了一个令人沮丧的消息,即她患有第二阶段B细胞淋巴瘤 - 一种血液癌。
这会导致体内许多斑点的肿瘤,最常见于胸部,腹股沟和胸腺。
扫描发现哈里斯女士的脖子和胸部有几块肿块,其中包括一个主要的肿瘤阻塞了她心脏的入口并左肺。 她说,
'他们说,他们看了我的结果的那一刻,他们看到我击中了我的每个标记癌症。 “你患有淋巴瘤”,我哭了起来,分散了。
'我立即以为我要死了,妈妈必须计划葬礼。 在宽度=“ 634” alt =“哈里斯女士的伙伴刘易斯敦促她拜访全科医生参加咳嗽 - 她没有在一年内寻求帮助。” class =“ blkborder img-share” style =“ max-width:100%” loading =“ lazy” />
哈里斯女士的伙伴刘易斯敦促她拜访咳嗽的GP - 她没有寻求帮助她在一年之内就死了。
每年被诊断出5000人患有B细胞淋巴瘤。 class="mol-para-with-font">'I'm lucky that I had a really good GP.'
Beth was initially told she would be having a six-month course of chemotherapy in hospital, but because of fluid around her heart, a decision was made to change it
'The treatment will now be given every other week for three months,'她说。
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顶级医生要求对可能导致癌症
顶级医生要求对可能导致癌症
'如果最初的三个月进展顺利,我将在接下来的三个月内服用化学疗法片。
'医生希望我希望10月能够按照10月。但是,当您分解它时,它似乎并不那么大。
她给别人的信息很明确:'如果你感觉不舒服,请自己检查
'当24岁时,我的妈妈本来可以计划我的葬礼。
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