21-Year-Old Visits Hospital For Back Ache But Gets Cancer Diagnosis Instead & Dies Within Days
Cancer rates worldwide have been on the rise over the years. Recently, the World Health Organization's cancer agency warned that the number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050 ¡ª 77% higher than the figure in 2022.?
More worrisome are the cancers that show no symptoms or less symptoms, also known as asymptomatic or silent cancers, which often go unnoticed until they reach advanced stages.?
That is what happened to a 21-year-old boy from Scotland who initially went to hospital for a niggling back ache, but instead got a diagnosis of cancer and passed away within days.?
From simple backache, to coughing up blood?
21-year-old Gerald Green is a resident of Paisley, Scotland.He had been complaining of a simple backache, which was thought to be due to the bed he had slept in - thinking a new bed will solve the issue.?
Gerald had expressed discomfort from a minor backache, but it had been attributed to the bed he had slept on, believing that getting a new bed would resolve the problem.?
It is only when he began to vomit and cough up blood that his mother rushed him to the Royal Alexandra Hospital on January 19.?
Family urges those with symptoms to get checked before it's too late?
Doctors at the hospital initially diagnosed him with severe anaemia and conducted surgery to drain his kidneys.?
In a startling turn of events, Mr. Green ceased breathing during the procedure, necessitating resuscitation efforts leading to an induced coma in a desperate attempt to save his life.?
Thankfully, Gerald pulled through. A week later, he got the diagnosis of cancer.?
He was then transferred to St Vincent¡¯s Hospice on January 30.?Sadly, he died just hours after arriving.?
"It was so quick, it¡¯s hard to take in that he¡¯s actually gone. We¡¯re all in shock," said Mr Green¡¯s cousin, Ailley Colquhoun, as quoted by Daily Record.?
She added, "When my auntie Paula found out Gerald had been hiding the fact he had blood in his sick, she immediately took him to hospital. He was obviously scared when he hid it so we¡¯re urging anyone who has any symptoms like his to get checked out immediately, before it¡¯s too late."?
Gerald was the youngest in the family and he was Paula and Gerry¡¯s only son. He had also been taking care of his father, Gerry, following his stroke.? ? ? ??
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