what are the symptons of lung cancer?

Answer 1

i think coughing up blood can be one.

Answer 2

Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. Most commonly it is bronchogenic carcinoma (about 90%). Lung cancer is the most lethal of cancers worldwide, causing up to 3 million deaths annually. Only one in ten patients diagnosed with this disease will survive the next five years. Although lung cancer was previously an illness that affected predominately men, the lung cancer rate for women has been increasing in the last few decades, which has been attributed to the rising ratio of female to male smokers. More women die of lung cancer than any other cancer, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer and uterine cancers combined.

Signs and symptoms

Symptoms that suggest lung cancer include:
dyspnea (shortness of breath)
hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
chronic cough or change in regular coughing pattern
wheezing
chest pain or pain in the abdomen
cachexia (weight loss), fatigue and loss of appetite
dysphonia (hoarse voice)
clubbing of the fingernails (uncommon)
difficulty swallowing
If the cancer grows into the lumen it may obstruct the airway, causing breathing difficulties. This can lead to accumulation of secretions behind the blockage, predisposing the patient to pneumonia.

Many lung cancers have a rich blood supply. The surface of the cancer may be fragile, leading to bleeding from the cancer into the airway. This blood may subsequently be coughed up.

Depending on the type of tumor, so-called paraneoplastic phenomena may initially attract attention to the disease. In lung cancer, this may be Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (muscle weakness due to auto-antibodies), hypercalcemia and SIADH. Tumors in the top (apex) of the lung, known as Pancoast tumors, may invade the local part of the sympathetic nervous system, leading to changed sweating patterns and eye muscle problems (a combination known as Horner's syndrome), as well as muscle weakness in the hands due to invasion of the brachial plexus.

In many patients, the cancer has already spread beyond the original site by the time they have symptoms and seek medical attention. Common sites of metastasis include the bone, such as the spine (causing back pain and occasionally spinal cord compression) and the brain.

Answer 3

lung cancer can present in different ways
1_symptoms of involvement of the bronchus as cough which is the most common early symptom which may be associated with sputum when there is an infection, coughing up blood ( haemoptysis) is also common, breathlessness and pleural pain
2_there maybe symptoms as a result of blood borne metastasis which may cause seizures, bone pain, jaundice and skin nodules
3_symptoms due to non_metastatic extra pulmonary manifestations which simply means that the lung cancer may cause other abnormality in the body primarily affecting the endocrine system or nervous system

Answer 4

everyone ha their own opinion when i started to cough blood up and went to the doc they say oh it could be tb tuberculosis that is even though i had a mask in my lung they took weeks to tell me they want to do biopsy to see if it was cancerous or what,when they did come to tell me i had already figured it out so my definition is tightness in te chest area or in the back where your lung is situated it gets real achy it seems like nothing at first then after the coughing comes along and the blood in your sputom keep in mind a lot of things have the same syntoms it doesnt have to be lung cancer

Answer 5

If you get a cough, that won't go away. If you have trouble breathing. You should have your lungs and heart both x-rayed to be on the safe side. You get fluid built up around the heart. It is more advanced you will be coughing up blood , But that could be for uslers etc also. I f you don't feel right have them checked. Good luck Pem

Answer 6

My husband was diagnosed March20th He passed June 6th. He had no signs no symptoms til March 16th or so he thought he pulled a muscle in his back. By then he had a tumor on his spine (we did radiation) a brain tumor (we did gamma knife procedure) it had spread to his bones and actually all over he did chemo just 2times and tried a drug called tarceva but there was really nothing else to do. I wish he would have had symptoms so that we could have done something sooner. I miss him terribly.

Answer 7

I'm not a doctor, but I've seen l. c. up close. Chest congestion and shortness of breath is one. The worst is coughing up blood. Good Luck.

Answer 8

My mom had lung cancer and she coughed and coughed all the time.

Answer 9

Persistent cough

Answer 10

chest pain, cough that won't go away coughing up blood along with abnormal bloodwork ,upper back pain