“Red Flag” Condition Exposes Cancer Threat

There are all kinds of tests designed to detect cancer early.

Some I’m a fan of—like colonoscopies.

Others I’m not—like mammograms.

But at best, tests like these only alert you to cancer once it’s already there.

Now, there’s a surprising condition that could be one of the EARLIEST warning signs of cancer we’ve seen yet.

In fact, it could raise a red flag BEFORE cancer even develops!

Have you ever experienced the flu? What about pneumonia? Or hepatitis?

Infections like these are bad enough on their own. However, once you’ve recovered you probably think you’re out of the woods.

But that might not be the case. It turns out that infections like these are associated with a greater risk of developing cancer.

In a study that included over 50,000 people, researchers found that those with cancer had a significantly higher rate of infections in the six years PRIOR to their diagnosis.

In the first year, those who developed cancer had a 16 percent higher risk of infection.

But by year six—the year before the cancer diagnosis—those who developed cancer had a 55 percent greater risk of infection.

This connection shows that there’s likely been a breech—or a weakening—in a person’s immune system that shows up as an increased susceptibility to infection.

But it ALSO increases your susceptibility to cancer.

In the year prior to a cancer diagnosis, the patients had a…

• 18 percent higher rate of influenza
• 46 percent higher rate of gastroenteritis
• 136 percent higher rate of pneumonia
• 232 percent higher rate of hepatitis

The researchers were even able to link certain types of infection with specific kinds of cancer.

• People who developed the flu just before diagnosis were more likely to develop male germ cell cancers (a type of testicular cancer).
• Pneumonia was highest in those who developed stomach cancer.
• And hepatitis was highest in those who developed blood, bone, and bone marrow cancers.

Now, this research doesn’t mean that if you develop an infection you’re doomed to get cancer, of course.

However, these specific infections—influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis, and gastroenteritis—are associated with increased risk. So, if you do develop any of them—especially if they’re frequent—it should serve as a potential warning sign of cancer.

You can share this information with your doctor and be sure to stay ahead of cancer by getting certain yearly exams.

P.S. In the October issue of my newsletter Natural Health Response I share the inside scoop on FIVE of the most common cancer screenings. Find out what tests you should get… and which to skip.

SOURCE:

 “Previous Infection Positively Correlates to the Tumor Incidence Rate of Patients with Cancer.” Cancer Immunol Res (2020) 8 (5): 580–586.