Primary Lung Cancer
Alternate Names : Carcinoma of the Lung
What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?
Symptoms of lung cancer include:
a cough
blood-tinged spit
shortness of breath
dull, achy chest pain
sharp chest pain that gets worse when the person moves
hoarseness
trouble swallowing
A person with this disease may also have:
fever
loss of appetite
weight loss
muscle loss
fatigue
Sometimes the disease has spread by the time it is diagnosed. If so, symptoms can include:
headache
blurred vision
seizures
strokes
slurred speech
neurologic problems
People often come to the healthcare provider with symptoms of bone pain, pneumonia, enlarged, hard, mostly painless lymph nodes, an enlarged liver and jaundice. Listening to the heart, the doctor may find dullness, loss of breath sounds, a pleuritic rub or a sound caused by an irritated lung lining, and wheezing. The person's skin may be bluish, and the tips of his or her fingers may be abnormally enlarged.
Lung cancer also can cause many serious problems ranging from paralysis to heart failure.
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