How to Recognize symptoms of lung cancer

It is important that you recognize any potential symptoms of lung cancer before it's too late. While lung cancer is a disease that mainly affects smokers, anyone can develop the disease. Lung cancer treatment depends on early diagnosis so paying attention to the early warning signs is very important. So, always pay attention to what your body is telling you and try to recognize the early warning symptoms of lung cancer and go to the doctor right away.

Instructions

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  90% of lung cancers are associated with cigarettes. Smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer than non smokers. So smokers should pay more attention to their body and recognize early symptoms of lung cancer.

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  There are people that have no symptoms of lung cancer. The only way to an early diagnosis is frequent screening. A yearly check up should never be missed because catching the disease in the early stages will increase your survival rates greatly.

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  Classic symptoms of lung cancer are chest pains, shortness of breath, coughing, or coughing up blood. If you have one or more of these symptoms, it is important to seek medical attention right away.

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  Some non classic symptoms of lung cancer include weight loss, excessive fatigue or being weaker than before for no apparent reason.

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  There are some people that have a persistent cough. However, if the pattern of coughing changes all of a sudden, then that might be a warning sign. It can be symptoms of lung cancer or other lung illness. Don't ignore the problem, seek medical attention right away.