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What is the connection between malignant neoplasms and crabs?


The more common term for malignant neoplasms, cancer, is Latin for crab, and the word "carcinogen," meaning a cancer-causing agent, comes from the Greek word for crab, "karkinos." What is the connection between these two seemingly unrelated things?
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Cancer, both the disease and the astronomical constellation, derive from the Latin cancer or cancrum, meaning crab. The astrological sign, of course, is said to resemble a crab and the disease was so named by the ancient Greek physician Galen (129-200 A.D.) who noted the similarity between a certain type of tumor with a crab as well—the swollen veins around the tumor resembling the legs of a crab.

Old English adopted cancer directly from Latin and used it for a variety of spreading sores and ulcers. This early sense survives in the modern word canker. From c.1000 in a manuscript called Læce Boc (Leech Book), collected in Oswald Cockayne’s Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, Vol. II, 1865:

Gemeng wið þam dustum, clæm on ðone cancer.
(Mix with the dust, smear on the cancer.)

And from Wyclif’s 2 Timothy, 1382:

The word of hem crepith as a kankir

The word was being applied specifically to the disease we today call cancer by the beginning of the 17th century. From Philemon Holland’s translation of Pliny’s Historie of the World:

Cancer is a swelling or sore comming of melancholy bloud, about which the veins appeare of a blacke or swert colour, spread in manner of a Creifish clees.

The astronomical sense of cancer is from the Latin name for the constellation of the crab. The name was known to the Anglo-Saxons, but only as a Latin name and was not assimilated into English until the Middle English period. It appears in Ælfric’s De Temporibus Anni, written c.993, in a list of the constellations of the Zodiac:

Feorða • Cancer • þæt is Crabba
(Fourth, Cancer, that is the crab.)

The Anglicized name appears c.1391 in Chaucer’s Treatise on the Astrolabe:

In this heved of cancer is the grettist declinacioun northward of the sonne...this signe of cancre is clepid the tropik of Somer.
(At this first point (head) of cancer is the greatest declination northward of the sun…this sign of cancer is named the tropic of summer.)

(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)  (+ info)

What tests should I request for testicular and bone cancer?


I am going to the doctor tomorrow and am wondering what tests I should request. I think I have testicular cancer which may have spread to my bones. I can't find a tumor, but am showing all of the symptoms. So again, which tests should I request?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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After your doctor does a complete & thorough examination, express your concerns to him & he will refer you to the right specialist - if he feels it is necessary. If you are doing self diagnosis - many times it is wrong & can be dangerous.  (+ info)

When a male gets a testicular exam from his doctor why does the doctor ask him to cough?


* I am a male and its been some time sense I went to the doctors. When I use to get sports physicals during the testicular exam the doctor would ask me to cough why is this?
* I know this normal during testicular exams just wondering what the cough does?
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the cough relates to a hernia test ... a good doctor also examines the testicles to make sure everything is where it should be  (+ info)

How can you tell the difference between testicular cancer and epiditimitis?


I heard that a lump that is painless cud be cancer. Could it be cancer if it is painful. Also, how fast does testicular cancer spread. I'm rly nervous about this!!!
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A lump that is painless or painful can be cancer and as far as the speed of spread if it spreads at all, the best and really only answer should come from your oncologist/urologist. The first step to take if you suspect you have a problem, is to make an appointment with a urologist. This is his/her special area of medicine and if necessary you will be referred to a oncologist, a cancer specialist. Not all lumps are cancer and not all pain in the testicles means cancer. I just recently had a severe infection in one testicle and the pain was terrible but, it was just that - an infection and it is being taken care of with a course of antibiotics courtesy of my urologist. Don't be nervous, get it checked out and won't you be pleasantly surprised to find out you have nothing to worry about? Good luck and best wishes.  (+ info)

What is the most effective way to stop testicular pain?


I am 19 yrs. old and i get testicular pain while driving and doing other normal activites during the day. I was just wondering what advice or over the counter medication i can take to stop this before i see a physician. Please write back.
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I don't think that's normal. You should really see a doctor to make sure there is nothing wrong before you start masking potentially negative symptoms.  (+ info)

Is there a connection between testicular swelling and ejaculation?


Yesterday my testicles began aching (no jokes here), apparently for no reason. Considering the type of pain, I decided to lean over and breath through it, what I would typically do if I were accidentally "kicked in the balls," or sat on them, etc.

After about thirty minutes of this pain, I did a quick exam of myself to find my testicles somewhat red and swollen.

I consulted my wife for a second opinion, and she noticed the significant swelling as well. She recommended I masturbate because it had been several days since my last ejaculation, and we are normally sexually active (daily).

I hesitantly did so. At climax, I spilled more semen than I can ever remember. About 30-45 minutes later, the swelling decreased to normal size, and the pain was gone.

Was her hypothesis correct? Is there a physiological connection between lack of ejaculation and testicular swelling?

I am serious... I need advice. I will be happy to post more details if necessary.
I do not believe this was related to the effects of "blueballs." I say this because no stimulation the day of the pain, or two days before.
I added a follow up question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070912092522AAixN41&r=w
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Hi. I would sugest seeing a doctor. I had similar symptoms twenty four years ago (I was only married a year) and my wife eventualy persuaded me to go see a doctor. It turned I had cancer in one testicle and had to have it removed. I went on to father two lovely children. Go see your doctor and put your mind at rest.  (+ info)

How long can you live with testicular lumps?


PLEASE READ?

If I had testicular lumps, In my left testicle. And I never treat it. How long will I live, Will I die? How long?

I would like to leave it a couple of years until I finish puberty and all those unscheduled erections

I think I have a lump at the bottom of my left testicle.
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It's prolly just a scist and will go away in time.  (+ info)

How low will the risk of testicular cancer drop from masturbation?


Right now I'm 16 and not sexually active. I've yet to masturbate as I've found other ways to replace my time. Now I want to stay healthy, and what not and I'm pretty sure getting testicular or prostate cancer is kinda going the other way.

So my question is by masturbating does it only lower the chance by a low margin? Or is it big enough to where if you don't your just signing your own death warrant?
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Other factors come into play, but masturbation (and later sex) can reduce the incidents of testicular and prostate cancer  (+ info)

How do you search yourself for testicular cancer?


Women can check them selves for breast cancer, then how do men check them selves for testicular cancer.
I want to know if anything out of the ordinary is going on, befor something happens.
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Testicular cancer is a disease in which cancer cells are discovered in one or both testicles. There is not way to detect it like Breast cancer in women. It will not show up by symptoms also.

Testicular cancer usually shows no early symptoms. It is suspected when a mass or lump is felt in the testes, although a testicular mass does not always indicate cancer and is usually painless.

Symptoms of testicular cancer include:

- a lump in either testicle (usually pea-sized, but may be as large as a marble or an egg)
- any enlargement or significant shrinking of a testicle
- a sensation of heaviness in the scrotum
- a dull ache in the groin or lower abdomen
- any sudden collection of fluid in the scrotum
- tenderness or enlargement of the breasts (of the male patient, I mean)
- pain or discomfort in a testicle or in the scrotum-  (+ info)

Is it possible an 11 year old boy to have testicular cancer?


Sometime ago a friend of mine caught his 11 year old son watch 18 + Movies.The child is determinded that after watching them he urinates blood.Apparently he is only 11 year old to have testicular problems,but he has had a surgery a few years ago for going too often to the toilette (Especially at night).As his father is worried,is it possible that this could be testicular cancer?If not,what else could it be?
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it is possible for a child that young to get testicular cancer, but if hes urinating blood its very unlikely to be testicular cancer, as the testicles are not connected to the bladder. it sounds like it could be related to his previous surgical history as that was a urinary problem. speak to your gp  (+ info)

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