Elena Huelva, an Andalusian influencer who dedicated herself to making visible and raising awareness about Ewin’s sarcoma, passed away at the age of 20. At 16, Elena had been diagnosed with this rare type of cancer, and since then she has dedicated herself to making the disease visible, mainly through her Instagram account and her book, released in September 2021, entitled “My desires win”the slogan that he used as a hashtag in many of his publications.
His family was in charge of communicating the news through the Huelva Instagram account. “Since this morning Elena dances and looks at you from her star. Thank you for everything,” she read herself in a story. In addition, this morning, Elena made her last post on the social network: Today I woke up not in the best way, actually, nothing good, a very scare. These are very difficult days, they are becoming more and more complicated, but as you know I am stronger, and more complicated. I want you to know that I already won, a long time ago. We continue, always. My desire wins ”, were the last words on social networks of the young influencer who fought her cancer to the end. Despite her struggle, the cancer had progressed in recent weeks.
The disease from which Elena died, Ewing’s sarcoma, is a rare type of cancer that occurs in the bones or in the soft tissue around them. It is a complex disease and difficult to treat, making it difficult both to diagnose it and to search for effective therapies. Generally, it can appear in childhood and early youth, and It is the second bone sarcoma that can appear in children and adolescents.the first being osteosarcoma.
In any case, it is really a strange and infrequent disease, and over the years progress has been made in treatments against it, which combine chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgeries.
Your symptoms may be pain, swelling, and tenderness near the affected area, along with fatigue, fever, and weight loss.
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