2024-02-09 04:32:09
The news made the headlines on the evening of February 5: King Charles III suffers from cancer. A rare announcement from the British royal family, who usually keep quiet about their health problems. At the moment, we do not know much more about the illness from which the monarch suffers, and speculation is rife: some suggest prostate cancer, others of the intestines. In any case, it seems that the cancer was detected at an early stage, hence the hope of a good prognosis.
This is not the first time that the member of the British royal family has had significant health concerns. Charles is 75 years old, and it is normal for a person of his age to have a medical history. The king has joked about this several times, such as in 2018, when he told the crowd gathered in Brisbane: “I don’t know about you, but as far as I’m concerned, I lose pieces regularly. ”
We also know that the monarch left the London clinic where he was being treated for an enlarged prostate only a few days before his cancer was announced. The royal family nevertheless declared that these two health problems were not related.
When do we talk about prostate enlargement? As the medical encyclopedia Vidal explains: “In certain men, with age, the prostate becomes too large and hinders the emission of urine. This excessive growth is called benign prostatic hypertrophy, or prostatic adenoma. The risks of suffering from this disease increase as we age: after the age of 60, 60% of men suffer from it and this figure increases to 90% after the age of 85. Benign prostatic hypertrophy never develops into prostate cancer and does not increase the risk of developing prostate cancer.”
Chronic back and neck pain
Separately, Prince Harry revealed in his memoir that his father suffered from chronic neck and back pain, due to injuries he sustained playing polo when he was younger. . Charles’ injuries worsened when he fell from a horse in 1993. Since then, he has only played for charity galas, on the advice of his doctor. In this regard, his characteristic way of walking – hands behind his back – would be due to these back and neck pains: this would help him relieve his pain. This technique opens the chest and forces the shoulders back, which prevents “collapse”.
Additionally, King Charles often hit the headlines because of his “sausage fingers”. Many photos show the ruler with extremely swollen and red fingers, which is worrying and intriguing.
What are “sausage fingers”?
This phenomenon is called dactylitis and is a symptom of psoriasis. “This term implies the existence of inflammation of all the anatomical elements of the finger: tendon, tendon sheath, joints. There is then difficulty in bending the finger, often with pain when mobilizing it,” indicates the specialist site Doctinet.
We know, finally, that Charles III had a non-cancerous growth removed from his nose in 2008. The monarch was later seen with a small hexagonal-shaped cast on the right side of her nose, following an operation which took place at her London residence. The British royal family has not communicated much on the subject, describing this operation as a “minor surgical procedure” and “something routine”.
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