Lung cancer can be prevented with awareness.

Lung cancer can be prevented with awareness.

Minor actions today, may save your life or the life of your loved one.

More than half of today's diseases are caused by the environment or behaviors that we can prevent. Awareness of the risk of diseases, observing abnormal symptoms at early stage can assist us in preventing many serious diseases.

Lung cancer is one of the treatable diseases, if it is the type that found in the initial stages. 

Symptoms that should be noted and, if found, should come for examination immediately, such as:

1.         Unusual dry cough.

2.         Coughing up blood.

3.         Chest pain.

4.         Unusual weight loss.

5.         Difficulty breathing.

6.         Tired easily and abnormally.

Diagnosis, nowadays, depends on the medical history and physical examination that the doctor receives from each patient.

However, among those whose symptoms do not yet emerge, but still be at risk, are aged 55-80 years with a history of heavy smoking and still smoking or who have quitted smoking for less than 15 years, they can have low risks screening tests that takes a short time, such as low dose computed tomography (CT), which is the only screening test that recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

In the next section, let's learn about the causes and the how to prevent lung cancer.

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