The earliest symptom of lung cancer, which many people ignore, has been named

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Lung cancer is considered one of the most common and serious types of oncology. In Great Britain alone, 47,000 people are diagnosed with this disease every year. Its main danger, like any cancer, is that it does not manifest itself in the early stages.

However, you can still notice some changes that will indicate the disease. For this, you need to be more attentive.

In particular, sputum appears at a certain moment in case of lung cancer. You should be especially careful if there is blood in it, writes Express. A cough is no less indicative. A person begins to cough a lot. If this has happened before, for example, due to smoking, then the cough changes and becomes more frequent.

Among other characteristic symptoms of lung cancer, there is pain when breathing, shortness of breath, constant fatigue or lack of energy, loss of appetite and unexplained loss balance. Wheezing, swelling of the face or neck, constant pain in the chest or shoulders should be a compelling reason to consult a doctor.

To prevent the disease, doctors strongly advise quitting smoking. It is noted that seven patients with lung cancer from 10 smokers. And this gives every reason to believe that tobacco is harmful.