Saturday, October 9, 2010

Types and symptoms of lung cancer and its prevention

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Symptoms of Lung Cancer

Clinical symptoms of lung cancer is characterized by continuous and prolonged cough. In addition, chest infections that do not heal, short breath, hoarseness, cough and bloody sputum, and chest pain when coughing. Not only that another symptom is pain when breathing deeply, loss of appetite and body weight continues to decline.

Prevention of Lung Cancer

Prevention is better than cure. Before the already ill better maintain a healthy lifestyle so as not exposed to various types of diseases. For lung cancer alone as the main cause is smoking and other air pollution as much as possible so we avoid those things. Smoking is a habit that will cause great loss to health, especially that associated with breathing. Not only smokers who will be affected, people who do not accidentally inhale cigarette smoke (secondhand smoke) also will experience the same risk with smokers and even greater risk.