Bladder Cancer Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of bladder cancer

Early symptoms of bladder cancer

There is almost no bladder cancer symptoms or uncharacteristic at the beginning of this disease (stage: Tis, Ta). This also appears in most other malignant tumors. With the further growth of bladder cancer, the cancer forms stage 1 bladder cancer.

Blood in urine no pain is one of the most significant bladder cancer symptoms. It starts the stage 1 bladder cancer, and always appear in other stages of bladder cancer. The medical term is "hematuria", which is often painless, and as first warning signs of bladder cancer. Blood in urine occurs in two forms: Gross hematuria - the blood is visible in the urine to the naked eye, because the urine is discolored from pink or orange to cherry or bright red, to brown; Microscopic hematuria - there is no significant change in urine color, but the red blood cells can be found in the urine through a microscope by doctor.

The cause of both forms represents the bleeding bladder cancer. Although blood in urine occurs in many diseases of the urinary bladder and renal systems (such as a urinary tract infection, such as a painful bladder infection), the person concerned must take the symptoms very seriously and let them be clarified by a doctor for what's behind them.

Advanced bladder cancer symptoms

In early stage, bladder cancer often can not be perceived by patients. Despite blood in the urine, since it is usually intermittent and mild in the early stage, it may be ignored by some patients.

Then, the stage 2 bladder cancer and stage 3 bladder cancer will cause more severe and prominent symptoms of bladder cancer, as follows:

Changes in urination: In advanced bladder cancer, the patients have changes in urination, such as frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, disturbed urination. [These symptoms usually occur in urinary tract infection, and are also present in stage 3 bladder cancer. In this stage, the bladder cancer is complicated by tumor necrosis, ulceration and secondary UTI.] A large bladder cancer may block the bladder outlet, causing difficulty urinating, or urinary retention.

In this case, the bladder cancer has already spread sometimes. In advanced stages, this disease can also cause a bladder pain as bladder cancer symptoms in the low abdomen or pelvic area. Pain also arises when the ureter or the urethral is obstructed by the adjacent cancer. (ureter passes through the urine from the kidney to the bladder). As a result, it can cause a kidney pain or back pain because of the congestion or inflammation in the affected side of the kidney.

(These bladder cancer symptoms often begin in stage 3, but they are also caused by urinary tract infection. Tumor necrosis, ulceration and secondary UTI are responsible for the occurrence of these bladder cancer symptoms.)

The patients may also feel pressure or pain on the bladder, or even touch a lower abdominal mass.

How to diagnose it with X-ray imaging

The further diagnosis may be an X-ray examination of the urinary tract with contrast medium, the so-called urography. By urography, through visual monitoring device, or X-ray image, we can see the consistency of the wall of urinary tract, including the renal pelvis, the ureters, the bladder and urethra. Moreover, in some instances as complementary tests, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to show the mass, organs more intuitively and more clearly. By them, we can also assess the precise spread of the bladder cancer in the pelvic area.


Article From: Bladdercancersymptoms.org
Last update: 2012-05-20
Created: 2011-12-09