You do not have to depend on routine examination and tests alone in order to keep you from various diseases as well as cancer. It is also important to pay attention to anything unexplainable, odd and different.

1. Shortness of Breath or Wheezing

The powerlessness to catch their breath is one of the first symptoms for lung cancer.

2. Chest Pain or Chronic Cough

Bronchitis and bad cough can be a symptoms for few kinds of cancer as well as lung tumors and leukemia. Some people who suffer from lung cancer usually report chest pain that extends down the arm and up into their shoulders.

3. Infections or Frequent Fevers

These situation can be signs of cancer of the blood cells –leukemia. This disease is sapping the infection fighting abilities of the body.

4. Difficulty Swallowing

It’s often one of the first symptoms of lung cancer and it can be also linked with throat cancer and esophageal.

5. Lymps on the underarm, neck or groin or swollen lymph node

When we have changes in the lymphatic system, it can be a sigh of cancer.

6. Bleeding That Doesn’t Stop or Excessive Bruising

This condition usually tells that something unusual happens with the red blood cells that can be a symptom of leukemia.

7. Weakness

Weakness can be a sign of many types of cancer. You should talk to your doctor if you feel tired without explanation.

8. Abdominal Weight Gain or Bloating

Most of the women who suffer from ovarian cancer report abdominal bloating for a long period of time.

9. Unable to Eat And Feeling Full

Unable to eat and feeling full are another signs of ovarian cancer. Women report they can’t eat and have no appetite, even when they have not consumed food for some time.

10. Abdominal Pain or Pelvic

Cramping and pain in the abdomen and in the pelvis usually signals ovarian cancer. Abdominal pain can be also sign of leukemia.

11. Blood in Stool and Rectal Bleeding

These conditions can be symptom of colorectal cancer. You should see your doctor if you see blood in the toilet.

12. Sudden Weight Loss

It can be early symptom of some digestive cancers like colon cancer. It can be also a symptom of liver cancer, affecting the ability of the body to remove itself of waste and the appetite.

13. Swollen, Sore or Red Breasts

If you have any strange changes to the breasts you should call your doctor because these signs can indicate breast cancer.

14. Nipple Changes

Nipple that started to appear inverted, flattened or turned sideways, it can be a symptom of breast cancer.

15. Bleeding Between Periods or Painful or Heavy Periods

Some people report these issues as uterine or endometrial cancer. If you think that it is something different than routine heavy periods, ask for a transvaginal ultrasound.

16. Swelling of Facial Features

Redness, swelling or puffiness in the face are normal for people with lung cancer. The blood is prevented from flowing from the face and head.

17. A Skin Lump That Bleeds Easily, Becomes Crusty or Doesn’t Heal

All the issues that we’ve mentioned above can be sign of melanoma – skin cancer. Check your body for odd-looking spots or growths.

18. Changes in Nails

Several kinds of cancer can be indicated if you have some unknown and odd changes to the fingernails. A black streak or brown or a dot under your nails usually lead to skin cancer. White or pail nails can often be a symptom of liver cancer.

19. Pain in the Lower Right Side or Back

Most of the people who suffer from liver cancer report these conditions. They can be also a symptom of breast cancer.

20. Upset Stomach

Regular upset stomach or stomach cramps may show colorectal cancer.