Researchers have made significant progress against cancer cases. However, the pandemic significantly disrupted cancer diagnosis and treatment. Health institutions are trying to gain momentum in the fight against cancer by accelerating their screening services. Experts state that awareness of the symptoms should be increased. Changes in sweating may be among the key signs that a lung tumor has spread.
THE MOST DEADLY…
Lung cancer remains the deadliest type of cancer despite advanced treatment processes. Cancer.org explains: “Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer deaths, accounting for almost 25 percent of all cancer deaths. More people die from lung cancer each year than colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined.”
Because the lungs are an internal organ, they cannot be examined from the outside, and symptoms only appear when the cancer has progressed, according to the National Foundation for Cancer Research.
DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER IS VERY DIFFICULT
Because lung cancer is difficult to diagnose, cases are detected very late. When symptoms of the disease begin to appear, they may include a chronic, wheezing, wheezing cough, sometimes accompanied by mucus containing blood.
Excessive sweating is a symptom of many types of cancer, and lung cancer is one of them. It is usually caused by marked changes in hormone levels altered by the cancer itself or the treatment of the disease.
It’s not clear why some types of cancer cause patients to sweat only at night, but experts speculate that this may be a side effect of the body’s ability to fight the disease.
SYMPTOMS OF LUNG CANCER
The most common symptoms of lung cancer are:
- Cough that does not go away or gets worse
- coughing up blood or bloody sputum
- Chest pain that worsens when breathing deeply, coughing, or laughing
- Loss of appetite, weakness, fatigue and weight loss
- hoarseness
- Shortness of breath
- Recurrent or persistent lung infections such as bronchitis or pneumonia