- increased abdominal size and persistent bloating (not bloating that comes and goes)
- persistent pelvic and abdominal pain
- unexplained change in bowel habits
- difficulty eating and feeling full quickly, or feeling nauseous
OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
1st March kicks off Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, a month-long campaign devoted to raising awareness and funds to help with earlier detection and treatment of ovarian cancer. Awareness is key, as ovarian is the cancer that causes more than 50% of the deaths from all gynaecological cancers.
The Eve Appeal are the only UK national charity raising awareness and funding research into the five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal.
Ovarian cancer symptoms - Key signs
There are four main ovarian cancer symptoms that are more prevalent in women diagnosed with the condition. They are:
Please, please, consider supporting The Eve Appeal in any way you can. Monthly donations, for the simple price of your daily coffee, can literally be life-saving.
eveappeal.org.uk/our-research/
In the meantime, more information about the signs of all five gynae cancers can be found here: eveappeal.org.uk/gynaecological-cancers/
And if you have any questions - ANY questions about gynae cancers, or you're worried about potential symptoms that you are showing and you want to talk to someone confidentially, you can do so on the Ask Eve hotline: eveappeal.org.uk/supporting-you/ask-eve/