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<\/p>\nThis month (February) is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. I\u2019m turning my blog, Twitter and Facebook teal for the month to show my support for those currently battling Ovarian Cancer and for the families who have lost a loved one.<\/p>\n
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Ovarian Cancer is a disease where some of the cells in one or both ovaries start to grow abnormally and develop into cancer. There currently is no screening test for Ovarian Cancer. If your doctor suspects ovarian cancer, there are a number of tests they can perform to help decide whether your symptoms are due to ovarian cancer or other causes. Of these tests, it is strongly recommended that both the CA125 blood test and the transvaginal ultrasound are performed. If these tests strongly suggest ovarian cancer, then your doctor will recommend an operation, which is the only definite way to diagnose ovarian cancer. <\/p>\n
Every woman needs to know what the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer. Make sure you do. Most women who experience these symptoms don\u2019t have Ovarian Cancer but if you experience these symptoms regularly over a four week period, please discuss your symptoms with a doctor and if other reasons don\u2019t rule out your symptoms ask to be tested for Ovarian Cancer<\/p>\n Events during February to raise awareness of Ovarian Cancer include<\/p>\n The majority of the information in this post comes from Ovarian Cancer Australia<\/a>. Support this organisation \u2013 they do an amazing job! Follow them on Twitter<\/a> or like them on Facebook<\/a>. I am in no way associated with this organisation. I am blogging about this cause because it is close to my heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This month (February) is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. I\u2019m turning my blog, Twitter and Facebook teal for the month to show my support for those currently battling Ovarian Cancer and for the families who have lost a loved one. Ovarian Cancer is a disease where some of the cells in one or both ovaries start … Continue reading “Ovarian Cancer Awareness”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-4105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-ovarian-cancer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer report four types of symptoms most frequently: <\/p>\n\n
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Cancer awareness, support and research and recognise those affected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n