37歲媽媽愛運動、無家族史 忽略「類更年期症狀」一檢查就是大腸癌末期

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單親媽媽是孩子唯一的依靠,此為示意圖,非當事人。ingimage

癌症成因複雜,即使生活習慣良好也不能輕忽。澳洲一名輕熟齡媽媽出現一些日常常見的症狀,沒想到一檢查竟是大腸癌末期,讓她相當震驚又悲痛,擔心因病提早離世,無法陪伴幼子長大。

每日郵報報導,澳洲37歲媽媽馬伊克(Krystal Maeyke)身體健康、規律運動,也沒有家族病史,兩年前最初只是感到下腹部出現像針刺般的痛感,一度懷疑自己對食物過敏,只是對某種食物不耐症,還去做過敏原檢測,但並未發現麩質過敏問題;而她的腹痛仍未緩解,很痛時得一直熱敷。

三個月來,她試圖忽視愈發劇烈的疼痛,甚至一度痛到跪地。直到2023年5月,她的疼痛終於到了極限,被從居住的偏僻小鎮緊急空運至450公里外的大醫院。途中施打嗎啡未能止痛,改用強效止痛藥芬太尼才稍有緩解。

抵達醫院後經一連串檢查,醫生告知罹患第四期轉移性腸癌,甚至已經擴散到全身了。癌細胞從腸道擴散至肝臟、卵巢與腹腔。馬伊克的每一次的刺痛就是癌症在擴散。

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無家族病史、身體健康 癌症仍找上門來

馬伊克覺得很崩潰,完全沒想到會得癌症這種殘酷的病。儘管平時身體健康,她還是開始出現了一些類似更年期的徵兆,像是整天覺得很累,但本以為只是當媽媽太忙了;排便不規律,以為是腸躁症;晚上冒冷汗,以為只是夏天太熱。

她尤其呼籲大眾不要忽視「夜間盜汗」的異常現象,她常在半夜滿身大汗醒來,甚至需要換衣服與床單。雖然開著冷氣和電風扇,還以為只是空調太弱,結果是癌症警訊。

目前研究尚無法明確說明夜間盜汗與癌症之間的關聯,但推測可能與身體對癌細胞的免疫反應、荷爾蒙變化等因素有關。

馬伊克病後經常在TikTok分享抗癌日常,向粉絲傳遞癌症早期警訊,也記錄治療過程中的點滴。她最擔心的,不是自己的病情,而是12歲兒子梅森(Maison)的未來,她擔心愛子可能面臨失去母親的痛。根據TikTok最新影片透露,馬伊克已於7月5日上午病逝。

腸癌年輕化趨勢明顯 年輕人也要提高警覺

一項全球研究指出,50歲以下的腸癌患者正在快速增加,在受調查的50個國家中,有27國呈上升趨勢。儘管腸癌常與肥胖有關,但如今也出現在許多體態健康的年輕人身上。專家推測,可能與塑膠微粒、污染物等現代環境因素有關。

腸癌的常見症狀包括腹痛、腹部腫塊、腹脹、極度疲倦或氣促;若出現便血或糞便中有血,可能是腫瘤出血所致。然而,有時腸癌在無任何症狀下就已擴散,錯過黃金治療期。

腸癌患者十年存活率約為50%。但根據英國癌症研究中心對過去50年NHS數據的分析,20至49歲族群的癌症診斷率上升幅度高達23%。至於早發性癌症上升的原因仍在持續研究中,可能與飲食、塑化劑或多重誘因有關。

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