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Most people with cancer don’t get a paraneoplastic syndrome. | Most people with cancer don’t get a paraneoplastic syndrome. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Paraneoplastic syndromes are caused by your cancer making hormones or your immune system making antibodies (substances that protect your body against certain infection) that flow through your blood | *Paraneoplastic syndromes are caused by your cancer making hormones or your immune system making antibodies (substances that protect your body against certain infection) that flow through your blood | ||
Paraneoplastic syndromes cause different symptoms depending on the tissues and organs they occur in | *Paraneoplastic syndromes cause different symptoms depending on the tissues and organs they occur in | ||
About 1 out of 5 people with cancer get a paraneoplastic syndrome—it's most common with lung cancer | *About 1 out of 5 people with cancer get a paraneoplastic syndrome—it's most common with lung cancer | ||
==What are the symptoms of paraneoplastic syndromes?== | ==What are the symptoms of paraneoplastic syndromes?== | ||
===General symptoms=== | ===General symptoms=== | ||
Fever | *Fever | ||
Night sweats | *Night sweats | ||
Loss of appetite | *Loss of appetite | ||
Weight loss | *Weight loss | ||
===Skin symptoms=== | ===Skin symptoms=== | ||
Itching | *Itching | ||
Skin flushing or blushing, causing your face, neck, or upper chest to become warm and red | *Skin flushing or blushing, causing your face, neck, or upper chest to become warm and red | ||
You may get noncancerous skin bumps or shingles (a painful rash of fluid-filled blisters caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox) | *You may get noncancerous skin bumps or shingles (a painful rash of fluid-filled blisters caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox) | ||
===Neurologic (brain, spinal cord, and nerve) symptoms=== | ===Neurologic (brain, spinal cord, and nerve) symptoms=== | ||
Weakness or loss of strength | *Weakness or loss of strength | ||
Loss of feeling | *Loss of feeling | ||
Slower reflexes | *Slower reflexes | ||
Trouble using different parts of your body the way you want, such as your arms or legs | *Trouble using different parts of your body the way you want, such as your arms or legs | ||
Trouble speaking | *Trouble speaking | ||
Dizziness | *Dizziness | ||
Double vision (when you see 2 of the same object) or being unable to control your eye movements | *Double vision (when you see 2 of the same object) or being unable to control your eye movements | ||
The cancer can cause these symptoms without pushing on your nerves or spinal cord | The cancer can cause these symptoms without pushing on your nerves or spinal cord | ||
===Endocrine (hormone system) symptoms=== | ===Endocrine (hormone system) symptoms=== | ||
Weakness | *Weakness | ||
Weight gain | *Weight gain | ||
High blood pressure or heart valve problems | *High blood pressure or heart valve problems | ||
Confusion | *Confusion | ||
Kidney problems | *Kidney problems | ||
Red, warm skin | *Red, warm skin | ||
Wheezing | *Wheezing | ||
Diarrhea | *Diarrhea | ||
===Other symptoms=== | ===Other symptoms=== | ||
Muscle swelling that causes weakness and soreness | *Muscle swelling that causes weakness and soreness | ||
Painful swelling of your joints that may change the shape of your fingers and toes | *Painful swelling of your joints that may change the shape of your fingers and toes | ||
Changes to your blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) | *Changes to your blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
*https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/quick-facts-cancer/overview-of-cancer/paraneoplastic-syndromes | *https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/quick-facts-cancer/overview-of-cancer/paraneoplastic-syndromes | ||
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What is a paraneoplastic syndrome?
A neoplasm is an abnormal growth in your body that may be cancerous. If something is “neoplastic,” it has to do with the neoplasm. A paraneoplastic syndrome is a set of symptoms that are caused by a cancer. The symptoms happen in a different area of your body from your cancer.
Most people with cancer don’t get a paraneoplastic syndrome.
Causes
- Paraneoplastic syndromes are caused by your cancer making hormones or your immune system making antibodies (substances that protect your body against certain infection) that flow through your blood
- Paraneoplastic syndromes cause different symptoms depending on the tissues and organs they occur in
- About 1 out of 5 people with cancer get a paraneoplastic syndrome—it's most common with lung cancer
What are the symptoms of paraneoplastic syndromes?
General symptoms
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
Skin symptoms
- Itching
- Skin flushing or blushing, causing your face, neck, or upper chest to become warm and red
- You may get noncancerous skin bumps or shingles (a painful rash of fluid-filled blisters caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox)
Neurologic (brain, spinal cord, and nerve) symptoms
- Weakness or loss of strength
- Loss of feeling
- Slower reflexes
- Trouble using different parts of your body the way you want, such as your arms or legs
- Trouble speaking
- Dizziness
- Double vision (when you see 2 of the same object) or being unable to control your eye movements
The cancer can cause these symptoms without pushing on your nerves or spinal cord
Endocrine (hormone system) symptoms
- Weakness
- Weight gain
- High blood pressure or heart valve problems
- Confusion
- Kidney problems
- Red, warm skin
- Wheezing
- Diarrhea
Other symptoms
- Muscle swelling that causes weakness and soreness
- Painful swelling of your joints that may change the shape of your fingers and toes
- Changes to your blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets)