Early Signs of Lung Cancer

Early Signs of Lung Cancer

A major killer of men and women in the world is lung cancer. The main contribute of this disease are cigarette smoking, secondhand smoke, air pollutants and the other causative factors.

Not only cigarette smokers but there are non smokers also do get lung cancer and smokers who don’t get it.  Early signs of lung cancer are very essential for them. In Fact, fifty percent of persons who develop cancer of the lungs are previous smokers, and fifteen percent are for non-smokers.

Lung Cancer has many symptoms. Sometimes all of them are associated with other illness that has no connection with lung cancer. You should be aware, since lung cancer is in early stage not shows any symptoms at all. That’s why most people will think it’s just small illness or even ignore it.

The following are the Early signs of lung cancer:

• Shortness of breath
another regular early sign of lung cancer is briefness of breath which you can only observe with activity. Talk to your physician when you have difficulty in breathing in doing any activity.

• Coughs that do not go away 
coughing are the most common of lung cancer symptoms that experienced by 75% of patients. Hemoptysis or coughing out blood is an ordinary sign of lung tumor, but may be fairly delicate and you can observe only little quantity of blood traced phlegm if you cough. If you suffer continual cough, consult your physician and look for second opinion if you can not get an apparent reply.

• Chest pain or pain in the abdomen
Almost fifty percent of persons with lung cancer suffer some chest pain or aches in the shoulder in time of the findings, particularly aches that increase during breathing and coughing.

• Any unusual signs or common decline in health

Apparently dissimilar signs, like knee pain can be a premature sign of lung tumor.

The lung cancer symptoms will shows after 10 years or even more. And when it does, lung cancer stage is already advanced and hard to treat. So should be be aware on early signs of lung cancer.

Please also check out my other guide on Lung Nodules and Small Cell Lung Cancer