Symptoms Of Lung Cancer in Women

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You should know that cancer could be different from one another. This goes the same with specific symptoms from men and women. In Lung cancer, the cause of the condition will more likely determine the type of the cancer. Men may have a different type of cancer due to the fact that the main pointed out reason for lung cancer is their smoking habits, while women may have lesser chances and other causes as well. It could be asbestos exposure or radiation. But we should consider that in cancer, there is no definite cause that a doctor can make. There could only be guesses.

Along with the other causes like asbestos, some damage in the lungs, second hand smoking, concurrent infection in the lungs, other chemical carcinogens that are breathed in, as well as familial tendency, lung cancer can occur to anyone and almost at any age. Though the average rate of occurrence of this cancer to men and women is that men always have the higher notch of 5 percent. Most women have non-small cell lung cancers while men have the famous adenocarcinoma. Here are the several symptoms of lung cancer that women may experience, when they have lung cancer.

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Shortness of breath

A very classic sign of lung cancer that is very ambiguous and at the same time occurs in almost all respiratory conditions. Shortness of breath as the name implies means breathing that is impaired due to a lack of normal respiration. This can occur when the person has done strenuous activities. Women manifest this easily and this is not a very severe symptom as well.

Weakness or fatigue

This lack of energy symbolize lung cancer and as well as other cancer, it is one of the common signs and at the same, and once again, non-definitive and non-related to respiration. Women may experience this more rather than severe coughs or wheezing.

If you take note these symptoms, they are very much unnoticeable and unrelated to respiration. This leads to very misleading outcomes and also some delay on diagnosis on most women. They may not have the symptoms at this level but the stage has already progressed.

Other common signs of lung cancer that is common to both men and women are the following.

Chest pain

Chest pain that happens when the person inhales deeply may occur.

Coughing

Coughing may happen when irritation in the throat or the bronchi of the lungs. This can happen to both men and women.

Hemoptysis

The coughing of blood is a classic sign of lung cancer that occurs to both men and women.

Metastasis

Of course, the metastasis symptoms that tells the cancer has metastasized already and showing symptoms from other area like bone pain and headache.