Lung Cancer – Symptoms & Causes

Lung cancer is a disease that no wants to suffer from but it is one of the most popular type of cancer.

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Causes of Lung Cancer

• Smoking: More than 90% of lung cancer arises because of smoking, smoking also effects your heart. The risk of lung cancer increases with the number of cigarettes, if you smoke, quit it immediately.
• Passive Smoking: Passive smoking is when you inhale smoke from the person who is actually smoking , so if your friend or relative smokes in front of you daily, you are inhaling a lot of smoke.
• Familial predisposition: Numerous studies have shown that lung cancer is more likely to occur in both smoking and non-smoking relatives of those who have had lung cancer than in the general population. It is knows as individual genetic susceptibility, it may play a role in the causation of lung cancer.
• Asbestos fibers: Asbestos fibers can also cause lung cancer. Though mainly cancer accours from smoking.

Symptoms of Lung Cancer

• A cough that does not go away or gets worse
• Coughing up blood or rust-coloured sputum (spit or phlegm)
• Chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing, or laughing
• Hoarseness
• Weight loss and loss of appetite
• Shortness of breath
• Feeling tired or weak
• Infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia that don’t go away or keep coming back
• New onset of wheezing

If you are suffering from these symptoms immediately contact a doctor, you can use myCOL app to find best hospitals in Delhi for lung cancer, they will provide you with an assistant who will take care of all hospital formalities for you.