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‘My cancer symptoms were mistaken for signs of menopause – now I'm unable to walk'
A woman has been left unable to walk after her spinal cancer symptoms were mistaken for signs of the menopause and a gardening injury. Karen Davey, 54, from Cornwall, began experiencing hot flushes, fatigue, and loss of appetite in early 2024, but she assumed these were menopause symptoms. But by March 2024, she developed pain in her kidneys and went to visit her GP. However, she was told the back pain was due to gardening, despite having only done 20 minutes of this. Over the next two months, her symptoms worsened and she stopped eating properly, lost weight, and developed a temperature, later losing all sensation in her legs, as well as bladder and bowel function. After being taken to the hospital and admitted for two weeks, she was given the devastating news that she had stage four non-Hodgkin lymphoma in her kidneys, and a tumour wrapped around her spinal cord. After one round of radiotherapy and further chemotherapy, she is now in remission. However, she has been left unable to walk. The 'life-changing' impacts of the cancer have meant she has to reduce her working hours to four a week, while her husband has given up work to be a full-time carer. Ms Davey told the Spinal Injuries Association she felt her symptoms were 'dismissed' by her GP and continued to be dismissed until she was admitted to hospital. She said: 'I'd gone from somebody who was quite active before. I'd do a lot of hiking across the moors, I used to go cold-water swimming all year round. One of the last things I did before I got ill was an abseil off a 120-foot viaduct. 'This isn't what I'm supposed to be doing at this time of life. I've not yet been able to get back to driving or anything like that. I'm completely reliant on my husband; it's messed up my social life, just going out to meet friends or going swimming or popping into town to look around the shops. Emotionally, it's just completely messed me up.' Ms Davey said she wanted to spread awareness of her situation and help others who might be experiencing similar symptoms. She said, 'I had no idea that hot flushes would lead to all this. The symptoms you've got aren't always menopause symptoms, and we need to be more mindful of that. 'I just get annoyed that it was attributed to menopause and doing gardening when it needed looking into a bit more. I didn't know anything about spinal cord injury and when my toes started going tingly, it didn't occur to me that that's what it was. There's not enough information.' Spinal Injuries Association supports people living with spinal cord injuries. Dharshana Sridhar, campaigns manager at the association, said: 'Karen's story is a powerful reminder that women's health symptoms should never be dismissed or explained away without proper investigation. 'Too often, women with spinal cord injuries face delays in diagnosis and unnecessary barriers to equitable care, leaving them to cope with life-changing consequences that could have been prevented. Across the board, women's concerns are frequently overlooked and when disability or other intersecting factors are involved, the barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment become even greater. Through our women's health campaign, we're calling for better awareness, earlier diagnosis, and accessible healthcare for every woman, no matter her disability."
Forbes
32 minutes ago
- Forbes
Texas Measles Outbreak Is Over, State Health Officials Say
A measles outbreak that exploded in West Texas at the start of the year is over, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, marking the end of the largest measles outbreak the U.S. has seen in 30 years. The outbreak was declared over Monday morning. (Photo by) Getty Images The department said in a statement it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in the impacted counties. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
CNN
32 minutes ago
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Texas says measles outbreak is over
The measles outbreak centered in West Texas – one of the largest and deadliest in centuries – has ended, state health officials announced on Monday. No new cases have been reported in the counties that had previously shown evidence of ongoing transmission in more than 42 days, according to the announcement. An outbreak is considered to be over after this amount of time because it suggests that there two incubation periods have passed – the time it would take to get sick after an exposure – without any transmission. Texas has confirmed at least 762 cases of measles associated with the outbreak since late January, including nearly 100 hospitalizations. More than two-thirds of the cases were in children, and two school-aged children from Texas died – the first deaths from measles in the United States since 2015. 'I want to highlight the tireless work of the public health professionals across the state who contributed to the containment of one of the most contagious viruses. We arrived at this point through a comprehensive outbreak response that included testing, vaccination, disease monitoring and educating the public about measles through awareness campaigns,' Dr. Jennifer Shuford, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. 'I also want to recognize the many health care professionals who identified and treated cases of a virus that most providers had never seen in person before this outbreak.' Cases linked to the outbreak in Texas have also been reported in New Mexico – where one person died – as well as Oklahoma and possibly Kansas. New Mexico reported three new cases on Thursday, bringing the state's total up to 100 cases this year, but it was not immediately clear if these cases were linked to the broader outbreak. Overall, the US has reported more than 1,350 measles cases this year – more than there have been in more than three decades – a record number since measles was declared eliminated in the country in 2000. Outbreak cases in Texas account for more than half of the cases nationwide. Most outbreak-related cases in Texas were in and around Gaines County, where the measles vaccination rate among kindergartners is one of the lowest in the state. In Texas and nationwide, the vast majority of measles cases have been in people who are unvaccinated; only about 8% of cases this year have been in people who were known to have at least one dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Texas health officials say that 'the end of this outbreak does not mean the threat of measles is over.' 'Since there are ongoing outbreaks of measles in North America and around the world, it is likely that there will be additional cases of measles this year in Texas,' according to an announcement sent on Monday. 'Health care providers should continue to be vigilant and test for measles if their patient has symptoms compatible with the virus.' At least 41 states have reported measles cases this year, and vaccination coverage among kindergartners dipped again last school year. For the 2024-25 school year, a record share of incoming kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccine, most often for personal or religious reasons, CDC data shows.
