What are the symptons of lung cancer?

Are there any 'home checks' which can be done to try to ascertain the presence of lung cancer, what are the obvious symptons and more obscure symptons? How does someone feel in the very earl...

Are there any 'home checks' which can be done to try to ascertain the presence of lung cancer, what are the obvious symptons and more obscure symptons? How does someone feel in the very early stages? What can we look for?

Bern	Coughing Coughing up plegm Cooughing up blood Pain in the chest Unexplained weight loss. Big black spot on your Xray.

☆Nikki☆	coughing, coughing up blood, feeling like there is somthing in your throat and need to be sick, out of breath all the time, heavy breathing

Brutus	My best friend had lung cancer she had a sharp pain between her shoulder blades. Go get a chest x-ray this is nothing to mess around with .

jackie m	my dad had a cough that lasted 2 weeks and mum nagged him to go to the doctors, they x-rayed that day, scanned next day and diagnosed lung cancer within 3 days and removed top right hand section of lung and he was home within 2 weeks, he had a bad heart and was told the op might kill him. 3 years later he got stomach cancer and died within 6 weeks he was 75.

Princess Kylie	General symptoms of lung cancer The symptoms of lung cancer can be Having a cough most of the time A change in a cough you have had for a long time Being short of breath Coughing up phlegm (sputum) with signs of blood in it An ache or pain when breathing or coughing Loss of appetite Fatigue Losing weight Less common symptoms of lung cancer There are other symptoms of lung cancer that are less common. They are usually associated with more advanced lung cancer. You may have A hoarse voice Difficulty swallowing Swelling of the face caused by a blockage of a main blood vessel from the head (SVCO) Swelling in the neck caused by enlarged lymph nodes Pain or discomfort under your ribs on your right side (from the liver) Shortness of breath caused by fluid around the lungs (called pleural effusion) Odd symptoms of lung cancer Sometimes lung cancer cells produce hormones that get into the bloodstream. These hormones can produce strange symptoms that you may not realise are anything to do with lung cancer. You may hear your doctor call these 'paraneoplastic symptoms' or say you have 'paraneoplastic syndrome'. These hormone related symptoms include Pins and needles or numbness in fingers or toes Muscle weakness Drowsiness, weakness, dizziness or confusion Breast swelling in men Tendency to have blood clots (thrombosis) These symptoms are rarely caused by lung cancer. But they can be. So it is important you tell your doctor about any new symptoms you have noticed. They may be nothing to do with your cancer and so your mind can be put at rest. If they are, then they can treat them and help you to feel better.

Brad W	Cancer is a condition that over time turns into a disease. We all have cancer at times it's just that our immune system finds it and kills it before it takes us over. It's when it gets out of control is when we get in trouble. Lung cancer is either small cell also called oat cell or large cell. You don't want either but large cell is typically more treatable. Small cell is even curable if caught very early. Once you can see cancer in a chest x-ray it is usually stage 2 or 3 and has most likely spread which is called metastasized. Unfortunately we don't have a test for lung cancer like other cancers (PSA, CA125, etc). Any change in weight, appetite, metabolism or bowl habits should be concerning. Family history, drinking, smoking and obesity are considerations as well. Any time you cough up blood is never a good sign. A CT scan could find something but like I said, you won't find lung cancer until it's advanced to a tumor and then your talking stage 2 or 3. Oat cell carcinoma actually has molecular characteristics and it's very treatable if found very early. Enough, if you re worried just stay on top of it, get checked out and often. The earlier we can find cancer the better we can treat it. It's the insurance company that will kill you first! Oh, yeah, I work in oncology, I'm just off today

raumil_cool2	why do you have it?

Gotcha	Obviously shortness of breath. You can also look at the finger nails, which appear to be 'blown'.