Lung cancer facts
Published on Jun 22 2010, in the categories: lung cancer
Lung cancer has attracted a lot of attention in recent years and more and more posts try to resume it through warnings against smoking and if it was before dismissed as one of the least worrying aspects of our lives today people are growing more paranoid about it than it is justified. Neither version is correct and we should always take a step back and try to see things as they are and not as they are revealed to us from one source or another. The best way of keeping a balanced perspective over things like lung cancer is by being informed from more sources about mostly objective facts.
Especially if you aren't a smoker or even if you've never been confronted with the tragedy of lung cancer there are still some facts you ought to know about lung cancer, about how you can develop it and about how you can detect it on time. Statistics can also help you get a better picture about the present amplitude of lung cancer.
The first fact you need to know is that smoking is indeed the main risk factor involved with lung cancer. That's not to say that if you've never smoked you're safe but you are definitely more likely to get it if you do smoke. Your immune system is also affected by smoking and you'll have a hard time dealing with infections like pneumonia and bronchitis which are symptoms of lung cancer. Other symptoms of lung cancer that can clue you in on whether it's time for a new appointment with your doctor include: chest pain, difficulty breathing, wheeziness, hoarseness and a persistent cough.
Here are some facts to help you see that lung cancer is an issue that's effecting entire communities and it is usually just a matter of time before you're confronted with it yourself, in a loved one or just an acquaintance.
Supposedly, every two minutes somebody in the world is diagnosed with it and 30% of all cancer mortality is accounted for by lung cancer. This would imply that lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver ans kidney cancer combined. As incredible as this sounds, it's a fact and you can research it yourself. Each year, in USA alone more people who have never smoked in their lives die from lung cancer than from AIDS. Approximately 220,000 Americans were diagnosed with lung cancer last year out of which 160,000 died. It's also considered a modern epidemic in women, killing more women than breast cancer, almost two times as many.
Periodical x-rays and constant monitoring of our health state, especially if risk factors for lung cancer are present in our lives, are essential and can be very successful in preventing the onset of lung cancer. Now that you are more familiar with the subject what would you conclude by looking at your own life and healht state? Being self-reflexive is essential after anything new that your read about.
http://i-lungcancer.com/category/lung-cancer/
http://www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org/index.cfm?page=lung_cancer_facts_US
http://jglcf.org/lungcancer.aspx
Especially if you aren't a smoker or even if you've never been confronted with the tragedy of lung cancer there are still some facts you ought to know about lung cancer, about how you can develop it and about how you can detect it on time. Statistics can also help you get a better picture about the present amplitude of lung cancer.
The first fact you need to know is that smoking is indeed the main risk factor involved with lung cancer. That's not to say that if you've never smoked you're safe but you are definitely more likely to get it if you do smoke. Your immune system is also affected by smoking and you'll have a hard time dealing with infections like pneumonia and bronchitis which are symptoms of lung cancer. Other symptoms of lung cancer that can clue you in on whether it's time for a new appointment with your doctor include: chest pain, difficulty breathing, wheeziness, hoarseness and a persistent cough.
Here are some facts to help you see that lung cancer is an issue that's effecting entire communities and it is usually just a matter of time before you're confronted with it yourself, in a loved one or just an acquaintance.
Supposedly, every two minutes somebody in the world is diagnosed with it and 30% of all cancer mortality is accounted for by lung cancer. This would imply that lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver ans kidney cancer combined. As incredible as this sounds, it's a fact and you can research it yourself. Each year, in USA alone more people who have never smoked in their lives die from lung cancer than from AIDS. Approximately 220,000 Americans were diagnosed with lung cancer last year out of which 160,000 died. It's also considered a modern epidemic in women, killing more women than breast cancer, almost two times as many.
Periodical x-rays and constant monitoring of our health state, especially if risk factors for lung cancer are present in our lives, are essential and can be very successful in preventing the onset of lung cancer. Now that you are more familiar with the subject what would you conclude by looking at your own life and healht state? Being self-reflexive is essential after anything new that your read about.
http://i-lungcancer.com/category/lung-cancer/
http://www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org/index.cfm?page=lung_cancer_facts_US
http://jglcf.org/lungcancer.aspx
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