The easy-to-miss symptoms of bladder cancer that EVERY man needs to know - after Formula 1 legend Eddie Jordan's death at 76

Formula 1 fable Eddie Jordan has died from cancer astatine the property of 76—just a twelvemonth aft archetypal learning helium had the disease.

His devastated household announced the bittersweet quality connected March 19, adding that the erstwhile racing squad proprietor turned BBC pundit 'had was moving until the last'.

Jordan shocked fans erstwhile helium announced his diagnosis past year on his Formula For Success podcast, stating: 'We've benignant of alluded to it implicit the shows. 

'Way backmost successful March and April, I was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer, and past it dispersed into the spine and the pelvis, truthful it was rather aggressive.'

In an urgent informing to listeners, the racing fable added that anyone suffering symptoms of the illness should spot a doctor: 'Don't enactment it off. 

'Go and get tested, due to the fact that successful life, you've got chances. Don't beryllium stupid. Don't beryllium shy. Look aft your body, guys.'

Around 10,500 caller cases of bladder crab are recorded successful the UK each year—about 29 radical per day—and astir 5,500 dice from it. 

Here we outline the facts astir the disease—the 11th astir communal crab successful the UK—and the little-known signs that nary 1 should ignore.

Smoking and moving with harmful chemicals are the biggest hazard factors 

Bladder crab is astir communal successful older adults, with the bulk of caller cases recorded successful radical aged 60 and above.

The NHS pinpoints smoking arsenic the azygous biggest hazard origin for bladder cancer.

'This is due to the fact that baccy contains cancer-causing (carcinogenic) chemicals,' it says.

'If you fume for galore years, these chemicals walk into your bloodstream and are filtered by the kidneys into your urine.

'The bladder is repeatedly exposed to these harmful chemicals, arsenic it acts arsenic a store for urine. This tin origin changes to the cells of the bladder lining, which whitethorn pb to bladder cancer,' it adds.

Exposure to definite concern chemicals is the 2nd biggest hazard factor, according to the NHS.

Previous studies suggest that this whitethorn relationship for up to a 4th of each cases.

This could assistance to explicate wherefore the illness is besides much communal successful men than successful women, arsenic men were antecedently much apt to fume and enactment successful the manufacturing industry.

Bladder crab usually begins successful the cells of the bladder lining. In immoderate cases, it whitethorn dispersed into surrounding bladder muscle.

In Jordan's case, it is not known wherever the illness began.

But the information helium had prostate crab astatine the aforesaid clip suggests it is imaginable patients tin make 2 superior cancers astatine once.

Research published successful the Journal of Urology revealed that 25 per cent of patients with bladder crab had besides been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Beware of humor successful the toilet...

The astir communal symptom, according to the NHS, is humor successful the urine—also known as hematuria. 

This whitethorn beryllium visible, appearing agleam red, pinkish oregon brown, often picture arsenic cola-colored. 

But sometimes it is not obvious—and is lone detected successful a urine test.

While not each cases of hematuria are caused by bladder cancer, it's a important grounds that ever warrants aesculapian investigation. 

Other much communal causes including urinary tract infections and kidney stones. 

Another little-known origin is vigorous exercise—most commonly seen successful long-distance runners and besides aft high-intensity interval training.

This occurs arsenic aggravated carnal enactment tin impact the mode the kidneys filter the bloodstream, allowing reddish humor cells to premix with the urine. 

...and changes to however often you request to go 

Changes to bladder habits—primarily needing to pee much often than usual—including aggregate times during the night—sudden urges to urinate, trouble urinating oregon a anemic stream, oregon a feeling of 'incomplete emptying' are besides common.

Some patients whitethorn besides acquisition a painful, burning sensation erstwhile peeing.

These symptoms are among a fig that overlap with prostate cancer—which Eddie Jordan besides said helium had been diagnosed with.

They whitethorn also, much usually, beryllium a motion of non-cancerous changes to the prostate, mostly related to age. 

In immoderate case, changes to toilet habits that past for much than 3 weeks are ever a crushed to talk to a doctor, the NHS advises. 

Look retired for aches—and value loss...

Lower backmost pain, constricted to 1 broadside of the body, oregon abdominal pain, abrupt oregon unintended value nonaccomplishment and nonaccomplishment of appetite, and fatigue whitethorn besides beryllium seen. 

...as good arsenic symptom successful your bones

Aching and symptom successful your limbs that lasts for much than a fewer weeks could beryllium a reddish emblem motion that bladder crab has dispersed to the bones.

When the illness archetypal spreads, it is astir apt to scope the adjacent tissues specified arsenic the urethra oregon different structures wrong the pelvis.

However successful aboriginal stages, it tin extremity up successful the bones, lungs and liver.

Some 25 per cent of bladder crab cases are diagnosed astatine precocious stages, according to the International Agency for Research connected Cancer.

Anyone suffering these symptoms should publication an assignment with a GP—while successful astir cases it won't beryllium bladder cancer, this and different sinister causes should beryllium ruled out, the NHS states.