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Amy Dowden Diagnoses: Amy Dowden Crohn’s disease, Cancer And Sepsis Illness Revealed. The Strictly Come Dancing star, 33, health battle and updates are revealed below.
Amy Dowden Diagnoses: Amy Dowden Crohn’s disease, Cancer And Sepsis Illness Revealed
Following a lump she discovered while getting ready for her honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones in April, Amy was initially identified as having aggressive stage three breast cancer in May.
Since then, the dancer has undergone surgery, undergone a mastectomy, and undergone reproductive therapy.
Following her original breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year, the Strictly star also disclosed that doctors later discovered she has ‘another sort of cancer’.
‘I’m taking eight steroids a day to keep me out of the hospital,’ Amy, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 11, said.
She admitted that because of her ailments and medication, which changed the way she looked, she had experienced body shaming from an early age.
She revealed she was rushed to hospital earlier this month after contracting sepsis amid her cancer battle
After getting fitted with a port and a cold cap for the treatment, she started receiving chemotherapy on August 3. She recounted her experience on her Instagram Stories, confessing that she was ‘wishing this wasn’t happening to me,’ and that she had started crying.
She wrote: “So much every day!” while displaying a clump of hair she had lost, admitting that she was “heartbroken” as her hair began to come out as a result of the chemotherapy. So challenging! Just one day at a time!
Even though I’m cold capping you, you should still be able to preserve 50% of your hair, and there are other advantages to the hair returning more quickly.
What is Crohn’s disease?
What is grade three cancer?
Cancer in the third grade has abnormal-looking cancer cells that have the potential to advance or spread quickly.
The cancer may have migrated to nearby lymph nodes, organs, or tissue, or it may contain many tumors.
The tumor in stage 3 breast cancer may also be rather large at this point, possibly extending to the skin of the breast or the chest wall. Nodes close by may contain cancerous cells.
How To Examine Your Breast To Check For Cancer
1. Visual inspection
After taking off your shirt and bra, face a mirror while standing straight up. Keep an eye out for any changes in your breasts, such as nipple inversion, dimpling, puckering, swelling, redness, or dimpling. The three ways to conduct a visual assessment are as follows: with your arms at your sides, lifted over your head, and firmly on your hips (so that your chest muscles are flexed).
2. Manual inspection while you are standing
Next, manually check your left breast with your right hand for any lumps, knots, thicker patches, or other unexpected changes. Press on every section of your breast and underarm region with the pads of your three middle fingers. To help certain that you don’t miss any regions, use a circular pattern. From light to strong pressure, gradually increase the amount you use. Check for discharge by giving your nipple a little squeeze. Then, using the same physical procedures, inspect your right breast with your left hand.
3. Manual inspection while you are lying down
Lay down on a bed or couch with your left hand behind your head and a pillow under your left shoulder. The identical methods described in step 2 can be used to manually check your left breast with your right hand. Place the cushion under your right shoulder, place your right hand behind your head, and use the same physical examination procedures with your left hand to inspect your right breast.
