Lung Cancer - How Can You Early Recognize Symptoms?

• Cough persistent and different from that of the chronic smoker • Blood expectoration is often the first sign of concern • Feeling that you can not breathe • Breast pain • Hearing loss • Unexplained loss . Smoking causes most cases of lung cancer, but this type of cancer also occurs in people who have never smoked. Risk factors • Smoking: the risk of lung cancer increases with the number of cigarettes smoked daily and the number of years the person has smoked • is considered very harmful • Exposure to hazardous chemicals: asbestos, arsenic, chromium, . • Can show the presence of a tumor in the form of a patch of various dimensions in one of the lungs. Sometimes there may be a (accumulation of fluid in the chest), which may be a complication of lung cancer. • Bronchoscopy is an essential diagnosis investigation because it can show the tumor developed inside the bronchus and allows the biopsy to establish the existence or absence of cancer cells.

• Computerized tomography shows better than radiography the location of the tumor, it allows to appreciate its extension to neighboring tissues and the possible presence of metastases. it can not replace bronchoscopy because it does not allow for biopsy and highlighting cancer cells. The only and best way to prevent this common illness is to quit smoking. Also, people who work in a branch of industry and are exposed to dangerous substances must always have protective equipment. The best treatment if there are no metastases is surgery, followed by, which increases the chances of survival.

The surgery can be done if the disease is in stage I or II and not in advanced cases of cancer. .