Knowing The Symptoms Of Angiosarkoma.

What is Angiosarcoma?

Angiosarcoma is one of the most deadly types of cancer. It starts as a growth within the blood vessels, which can become cancerous and may spread to other systems in a very short time.

Most forms of cancer are uncontrolled replication of cells. Angiosarcoma poses unique threats to over-all health because of it affects the blood. Thus, it is difficult to control and complete treatment is often impossible due to high recurrence rate.

Symptoms of Angiosarcoma

The symptoms of angiosarcoma are difficult to identify during the early stage. When the cancer is severely advanced, the signs differ because manifestations are based on the location of the tumor. It also takes several years to develop.

There are certain areas that angiosarcoma symptoms occurs more often. The parts of the body that are affected include:

* Soft tissues (like blood vessels and muscles)
* Heart
* Lungs
* Bone
* Spleen
* Liver
* Skin

Hemangiosarcoma is a type of angiosarcoma. It is a tumor where blood vessels grow into it. The growth and division of blood cells will be uncontrolled, which can cause bleeding and blocking of small blood cells - due to a deficiency of platelets that develops small blood clots. Hemangiosarcoma leads to symptoms of blood disorders like anemia. This occurs when there is a shortage of healthy red blood cells, which contains hemoglobin and carries oxygen to body's tissues.

Signs of anemia include fatigue and stress.

During diagnosis, along with an understanding of angiosarcoma symptoms, it is important to learn about the patient's exposure to carcinogens like radiation, vinyl chloride, and other chemicals involved in the plastics industry, beauty shops, and many more.

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