What exactly is cancer, you may ask? How does it affect your body? Well, it's not what you think it is. Cancer isn’t a disease. In fact, it is just a classification for over two hundred different diseases that affect the cells in your body. Cancer is a very weird disease in my opinion. It takes over in two steps, unlike many other diseases. Before cancer can do anything to you, it needs to get inside you, which we explain later. But once you have a cancer cell in your body, then everything starts to happen. First, the cancer cells attack your normal cells. What …show more content…
Knowing symptoms of a disease can help you decide whether you are sick or not, or if someone close to you is sick. If it's a serious disease, like cancer, knowing symptoms can help with early diagnosis, something life saving with diseases like cancer. Just like any other disease, cancer symptoms depend on your physical state. Your weight, height, age, and whether you're sick with another disease all play into what symptoms you may receive. Some symptoms of cancer include fatigue, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, and unexplained bleeding or bruising. If you have a multitude of these symptoms and you are worried, consult your doctor for help. This is also advised by the Mayo Clinical Centers of America, stating " Make an appointment with your doctor if you have any persistent signs or symptoms that concern you. " Just knowing the signs or symptoms of a disease can save your, or someone else's