Lung cancer - one of the most dangerous diseases that due to late treatment to the doctor often leads to death of the patient. Meanwhile sick for a long time does not pay attention to the compulsive cough, accompanied by pain in the muscles, whereas these symptoms can be symptoms of one of the most feared diseases of our time - oncology bodies breathing.
Persistent cough
Compulsive cough for a long time - the main feature of developing lung disease. When it comes to cancer, then the cough is usually dry, in severe cases accompanied by hemoptysis. Sometimes there is a shade of pink sputum.
If such a patient coughing hurts more than a month, resulting in hoarseness and change in voice should be always consult a doctor who will prescribe a comprehensive survey with the delivery of tests to determine / exclude oncology.
Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
Dyspnea cancer relates to the initial symptoms as wheezing. However, many long time do not pay attention to these signs as shortness of breath gets intense with unpleasant consequences. There are other symptoms similar to asthma symptoms. The patient can not effortlessly take a deep breath, his chest wheezing occur. It grows a tumor that does not allow light to fully inhale / exhale.
Weight loss
When developing the process of malignant body weight decreased without apparent cause (diet or physical stress correction). And this is one of the most characteristic symptoms of lung cancer, as, indeed, any other cancer (in most cases).
muscular weakness
This symptom patients the least pay attention. They think that they are just tired. However, if it becomes difficult to just pick up not heavy bags of groceries or to go the usual route without stopping to "catch their breath", it is certainly a sign of a dangerous disease. Especially if such a state pursues a man for a long time. Further-more: the patient becomes more and more difficult to carry out the most mundane task - to clean up the house, fill the bed, etc., because the cancer cells developing in the body produce chemicals Components:
- violate the erythrocyte activity;
- provoking anemia;
- reduce the sodium indicators;
- increase the level of calcium in the bloodstream.
Chest pain
They are often blamed on heart problems. However, this is a fairly common symptom and malignant tumors in the lungs, which indicates that it is growing into a piece of visceral pleura. These pains appear at an early stage of the disease, and if we turn to the doctor in time, he will appoint adequate therapy, which almost always yields positive results.
Important: such pains are dumb and can arise not only in the chest, but in the upper back. Quite often confuse them even with muscle pains.
Doctors are advised to regularly check the condition of the lungs, regardless of whether there is you have the above symptoms (one or several) or not. After all, sometimes the pain and trouble breathing, and cough occur only in the third stage of the cancer process, when time is irretrievably lost. A regular survey will help to identify possible cancer disease is really in the early stages. So, to save lives.
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