Saturday, April 10, 2010

Signs and symptoms of lung cancer (part 1)

Medicineworld.org, here are some signs and symptoms, locate:

Cough
Cough is a symptom of lung cancer, but it is difficult to lung cancer-smoking Cough cough or are associated with the related chronic diseases of the lungs such as COPD, which caused the Cough smoking. If the patient, who had chronic Cough Cough configuration changes, consider the possibility of lung cancer.

Shortness breath
Once again, shortness of breath, of lung cancer is difficult to distinguish what is related to COPD. As, the previously mentioned, respiratory difficulties model change should cause concern as a result of lung cancer development.?Hemoptysis (spitting blood)?Hemoptysis if it turns out, a patient with history of tobacco should be suspected lung cancer, and job options must be carried out to confirm or rule out this possibility.

Pneumonia
Lung cancer many times makes it original presentation recently developed pneumonia form. tumor growth can lead to airway and result in what is called "post" pneumonia obstructive. patients, which develops pneumonia can be recommended to play to ensure that the chest was fully resolve all pneumonia and does not appear in the opacity of the residue radiographs.

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