Woman mistook rare cancer for an allergic reaction when her face swelled
A woman who thought she was having an allergic reaction when her face swelled up was diagnosed with a one-in-a-million cancer.
Melinda Nelson, 35, had just completed a triathlon when she started to notice her face was looking rounder and she was losing muscle from her legs.
Her hands, feet and stomach swelled too and Melinda thought she could have been having an allergic reaction but her tests came back normal.
Melinda went for a scan which revealed she had a 24cm tumour - the size of an American football - on her adrenal gland.
It was secreting too much cortisol and causing Cushing's syndrome and Melinda's symptoms.
Melinda Nelson, 35, had just completed a triathlon when she started to notice her face was looking rounder and she was losing muscle from her legs.
Her hands, feet and stomach swelled too and Melinda thought she could have been having an allergic reaction but her tests came back normal.
Melinda went for a scan which revealed she had a 24cm tumour - the size of an American football - on her adrenal gland.
It was secreting too much cortisol and causing Cushing's syndrome and Melinda's symptoms.