This was Cecilia Priego’s battle against cervical cancer. What are the symptoms of the disease that the Queen of the South actress suffered from?

The death of Cecilia Priego, the actress of the “Queen of the South”, caused outrage in the world of performing arts and left a void in the Teatro 30 group, where she held the position of operational director. His death occurred on September 30 and the cause has not been confirmed to date, although it is known that he had been battling cancer for several years. cervical.

In 2019, he had the first signs that something was wrong with his health, but only in 2021. The cancer diagnosis came after stomach pains which intensified as a result of the previous illness of Covid-19.

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“In January 2021, I got sick from Covid. In March 2021, I become very sick with severe abdominal pain, I go to the gynecologist again and they tell me that I have cancer in the first stage, they send me for a biopsy to be one hundred percent sure”, he commented in an interview for the show “Life on the Border” which is broadcast on YouTube.

The diagnosis of cervical cancer was confirmed on the same date, and in April of the same year, she underwent a hysterectomy that “guaranteed her life”, which was like a bucket of cold water for her because she dreamed of becoming a mother one day.

What are the symptoms of cervical cancer?

Cecilia Priego’s life ended at the age of 36 after a struggle with this disease, which mostly occurs in women between the ages of 50 and 70, as she herself announced in the aforementioned interview.

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This lesion is better known as uterine cancer and, according to El Tiempo de Colombia, is the fourth most common type of cancer in the world and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women, although it can be prevented by vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the main cause. of this disease, and annual cytology.

The most common symptoms include: changes in menstruation; pain in the lower abdomen; irregular discharge, with a very strong odor or blood; pain in the pelvis and pain during sexual intercourse, according to the mentioned media.

Although obvious signs of the disease usually do not appear in the first stage, there are other symptoms that appear as the cancer progresses, according to El Tiempo based on data from the National Cancer Institute of Colombia.

These are: difficulty or pain when defecating or bleeding from the rectum when defecating; dull pain in the back; difficulty or pain when urinating or blood in the urine; abdominal pain; swelling in the legs; feeling tired.

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