In many cases, people decide to visit the doctor only after they have been bothered by certain symptoms over a period of time. Common symptoms of lung cancer include the following:
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- Wheezing
- Chest pain
- Hemoptysis (bloody, coughed-up sputum)
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)
Other symptoms that are associated with lung cancer include the following:
- Weakness
- Chills
- Swallowing difficulties
- Speech difficulties or changes (e.g., hoarseness)
- Finger/nail abnormalities (e.g., "clubbing," or overgrowth of the fingertip tissue)
- Skin paleness or bluish discoloration
- Muscle contractions or atrophy (shrinkage)
- Joint pain or swelling
- Facial swelling or paralysis
- Eyelid drooping
- Bone pain/tenderness
- Breast development in men
Physician-developed and -monitored.
Original Date of Publication: 15 Aug 1999
Reviewed by: Stanley J. Swierzewski, III, M.D.
Last Reviewed: 04 Dec 2007
Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Signs and Symptoms reprinted with permission from oncologychannel.com
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