Five signs that your health is failing

Signs that your health is failing you should never ignore

Subtle clues from handwriting to snoring can reveal the earliest warnings of illness. Here’s how to read your own distress signals.

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Unintentional weight loss

If you’ve lost more than ten pounds with no diet or exercise changes, get it checked out. This happens most often with pancreatic, stomach, esophageal, or lung cancer.

Itchy, blistery skin rash

This reaction, which breaks out on the elbows, knees, butt, back, or scalp, may look suspiciously like eczema, but it could be a more serious issue: celiac disease, an autoimmune condition in which ingesting even the tiniest amount of gluten causes your body to attack its own intestines.

Bowel or bladder changes

Peeing more or less than usual could indicate bladder or prostate cancer. Constipation o

signs that your health is failing

r diarrhea may signal colon or ovarian cancer. You may attribute gassiness or bloating to your diet, but talk to your doctor if it lasts more than a week.

Random bursts of anger

For many people, depression doesn’t translate to weeping or lying listlessly on the couch. More than half of patients with depression have irritability and anger; in fact, those depression symptoms are associated with a more severe, longer-lasting form. Women are found to have depression more often than men, but men are more likely to experience the disease through irritability and anger.

Nagging cough

Coughs don’t usually mean cancer, but if you develop a cough that won’t disappear, even though you’ve never had allergies, asthma, or sinus problems, take note. It could be lung cancer, or, if accompanied by hoarseness, cancer of the larynx or throat.