There are around 49,200 new lung cancer cases in the UK every year.
, There are around 49,200 new lung cancer cases in the UK every year, that’s more than 130 every day. However, the charity has also highlighted that 79% of cases are preventable and, as with all, some of these symptoms include a cough that does not go away after 3 weeks, a long-standing cough that gets worse, and chest infections that keep coming back.Johns Hopkins Medicine
said: “A distressing symptom of lung cancer you may be experiencing is shortness of breath, also called dyspnea, which causes you to have difficulty catching your breath or to feel tightness in your chest., the UK’s leading lung cancer charity, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation urges: “The reality is early symptoms of lung cancer are often subtle and easy to dismiss as something else.
“A bit of breathlessness is because you’re a bit out of shape. Lack of energy can be down to anything from poor diet to low mood. And a persistent cough? Well, we all know what springs to mind now when we hear a cough.”Less common symptoms of lung cancer include: changes in the appearance of your fingers, such as becoming more curved or their ends becoming larger
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