World Cancer Day: 'GPs should take young people seriously'

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For World Cancer Day, we spoke to two young women who's cancers were misdiagnosed by GPs multiple times. The women say it took multiple appointments to finally be diagnosed and that GPs ruled out cancer almost immediately due to their age.

Jaelle Karinna visited doctors four times with heavy bleeding before she was diagnosed with cervical cancerAfter five months of misdiagnoses, Jaelle Karinna was told she had cancer. She was 23, studying psychology at university and working part-time as a receptionist.

A month later, a different doctor diagnosed her with fibroids and hydrosalpinx - fluid blockage in the fallopian tubes. "Cancer in younger age groups is considered rare, and so suspicion of cancer from GPs and other healthcare professionals is lower than it may be for other age groups," she said.

 

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Surprise? What do you expect from gp scammers who don't care about patients, just money? My GP's doctor probably bought her degree in India and doesn't know how to tell the difference between otitis, covid, or laryngitis over the phone of course...

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