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- In April 2022, Alex Jade, 31, suffered from stomach burns and persistent gastric pain.
- After six months and numerous exams, an endoscopy reveals stomach stomach cancer.
- Today, she shares her journey on Tiktok to raise awareness of the symptoms of this disease and the importance of a second medical opinion.
It took six months for Alex Jade to receive the right diagnosis. In April 2022, after a meal, the 31 -year -old woman was suddenly affected by very strong stomach burns, gastric pain, a feeling of extreme satiety and ended up vomiting. The first two symptoms persist throughout the month.
Stade 4 stomach cancer
In addition to these symptoms, Alex Jade has a back and neck pain. She decides to consult her doctor who, after having made her pass an ultrasound, dismisses the hypothesis of bile. He prescribes medication against the gastroesophageal refluxwhich also causes gastric pain. Treatment works, symptoms decrease.
At the end of treatment, the practitioner refuses to renew the order. For him, the problem comes from the lifestyle of his patient, whom he advises him to change. Without treatment, symptoms end up coming back: vomiting, fatigue, feeling of satiety.
Alex Jade suffers for several months, without having a precise answer on the origin of his ailments and without hope of change. Exhausted, she decides to consult another doctor and asks to take more extensive examinations, including an endoscopy, which allowsobserve the interior of the esophagus, the stomach and the duodenum.
During the exam, the surgeons discover an ulcer in Alex Jade’s stomach and make a biopsy. The results are bad. In November 2022, after six months of pain, Alex Jade discovered that she has stadium stomach cancer.
According to the Foundation for cancer research (Arc), “Stage IV, which concerns patients with metastases, is the most difficult to support and unfortunately keep a dark prognosis”. Indeed, additional examinations have shown that young woman’s cancer“had spread to the wall of the abdomen, with the presence of cancer liquid in the abdominal cavity and an infringement of the lymph nodes“, noted Surrey Live.
Make known the symptoms of stomach cancer
Since then, Alex Jade has been undergoing treatment and mediating his journey, via His Tiktok page. She wishes to raise awareness of the importance of a second medical opinion and make known the signs of this disease.
@alexjade2 Part 1: In November 2022 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Gastric Cancer at 31 years old. I recorded this video in February 2023, but was too nervous to post it. This month marks 3 years since my inital symptoms. #cancer #cancerstory #cancersymptoms #stage4cancer #gastriccancer #stage4 #gastriccancerstage4 #chemo #cancerjourney #fyp #signetringcelladenocarcinoma #adenocarcinoma ♬ original sound – Alex Jade
As with Alex Jade, this cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, because the symptoms are not very specific, as specified in Lyon Civilian Hospices (HCL): Loss of appetite, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anemia and weight loss.
In 2018, the estimated number of new cases of stomach cancer was 6,557 in France, including 4,264 in humans and 2,293 in women, according to Public health France. Deaths amounted for the same year at 4,272, including 2,794 in men and 1,478 in women.