Blood cancer symptoms being ignored and confused for COVID, charity warns
More than half of British adults cannot name any symptom of blood cancer, a survey has suggested as a charity warned some of the signs could be being mistaken for coronavirus.
A poll by Blood Cancer UK found that 56% of people said they did not know any symptoms, up from 52% of people asked the same question in 2018.
The findings showed that just 1% of those recently polled correctly identified having a fever as a sign of the disease.
Breathlessness was a symptom identified by just 3%, prompting concerns from the charity that this sign, as well as fever and tiredness, could be confused with COVID-19 symptoms and left undiagnosed.
Kate Keightley, head of support services at the charity, said: "Sadly, symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss and night sweats can sometimes be dismissed or downplayed and the result can be devastating.
"During the height of the pandemic, we saw far fewer people being diagnosed with blood cancer, and one of the reasons for this could be that some of the symptoms of blood cancer are easily mistaken for COVID.
"It's extremely worrying that public awareness that these could be signs of blood cancer continues to be so low."
She urged anyone with unusual and persistent symptoms to see their GP.
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2021-08-31 09:33:45Z
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