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Lung Cancer Symptoms, What You Need To Know.

June 19th, 2009 Tim No comments
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Mark Mackay asked:

Lung cancer is now the most common form of cancer in the United States. Lung cancer causes more death than any other cancer cases among men and women in this country. Fourteen percent of all cancer records in the United States are lung cancer cases and twenty-eight percent of cancer deaths are from lung cancer patients.

Major causes of lung cancers are cigarette smoking and breathing impure air including asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure can lead to Mesothelioma, a cancer in the lining of the lungs or abdominal cavity.

Severity of lung cancer depends greatly to the amount of time a person spent smoking. As compared to non-smokers, smokers are at high risk of lung cancer. In fact, smokers are twenty-two percent more at risk of acquiring lung cancer than their non-smoking counterpart.

Additionally, because lung cancer symptoms do not manifest until it is already on its advanced stage, minor lung cancer symptoms are often ignored.

This is because minor lung cancer symptom such as frequent coughing is often associated with itchiness in the throat. Smokers believe that this is an ordinary occurrence among smokers, thus they are not alarmed until they feel more severe lung cancer symptoms.

When this happens, truly the lung cancer symptom shows because of the advanced stage of the cancer. The uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lungs is already manifesting through the lung cancer symptoms and by this time, secondary cancer cells are already developing in other organs of the body.

Severe lung cancer symptoms include persistent coughing, chronic chest pain, which is associated with shortness of breathing, wheezing and hoarseness of the voice.

Often, because of the similarity of lung cancer symptoms to bronchial asthma, people who self medicate usually try to treat the shortness of breathing with asthma medication.

The medication is thus useless because it is not working on the actual disease. It is thus imperative that minor discomforts such as shortness of breathing be brought to the attention of a competent doctor for evaluation. This will avoid treating a disease with a different medication such as in self-medicating patients.

Other lung cancer symptoms are blood in sputum, recurring cases of pneumonia or bronchitis, neck and facial swelling, sudden weight loss and constant feeling of fatigue. All these lung cancer symptoms occur on the terminal stage of the cancer, and this makes it almost impossible to manage lung cancer and it symptoms.

Additionally, because there is still no known cure for lung cancer, treatments especially on its advanced stage are done to lessen the severity of the lung cancer symptoms. Remission of the disease may no longer happen on the advanced stage.

Thus, it is imperative that minor lung cancer symptoms be monitored. It is still easier to manage lung cancer at this stage, other than in the advanced stage.

Finally, as mentioned earlier, smoking is the major cause of lung cancer, if you cease smoking, this effort will help you slow down the possibility of lung cancer. Even for those long time smokers, withdrawing from smoking will help lessen the possibility of acquiring the disease.

Keeping a healthy body and strong immune system will help avoid lung cancer for smokers or non-smokers alike.

Smokers may cease from smoking to help ensure they will not suffer lung cancer in the future. Then, they will not have to worry about lung cancer symptoms because halting smoking will also halt the possibility of acquiring this deadly disease.

Regular exercise will help ensure your immune system will be strong enough to fight lung cancer and thus no lung cancer symptoms will ever occur.

Living a healthy and active lifestyle, and avoiding smoking will ensure you will leave longer and better.

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Mesothelioma and Asbestosis Global Health Epidemic on the Horizon

June 19th, 2009 Tim No comments
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Lina Smith asked:

The lung diseases asbestosis and mesothelioma have been proven for decades to be a result of asbestos exposure. Yet, asbestos continues to be mined, and employers still fail to protect workers from the dangers of asbestos. Faint warnings to the public have been made barely audible, and a deadly global health epidemic is looming on the horizon.

Asbestosis and mesothelioma are the subjects of 21st century international reports warning international officials, advocacy workers, and the general public of an impending epidemic of these two devastating diseases. Asbestosis and mesothelioma, which are caused by exposure to asbestos, take decades to surface symptoms, and the retired workers of yesteryear’s thriving asbestos industries are beginning to suffer from asbestos related diseases today.

In countries like Brazil, workers suffered decades under corrupt politics, medical care was discouraged, workers were randomly dismissed from employment, and diagnostic tests were not made available to support any identification or claim for asbestosis or mesothelioma. It is only recently that unions protecting workers have surfaced, but for thousands of asbestos workers, it is too late to avoid succumbing to the harsh lung disease of asbestosis or the fatal cancer of mesothelioma.

As workers and innocent home dwellers continue to be exposed to asbestos, the death estimates due to asbestos related diseases will continue to reach into the next half century. Factories in China spew asbestos from their factories into neighboring cities. In Africa, a state of emergency has been requested in asbestos filled territories where hundred-mile stretches are filled with residents living, working and sleeping while surrounded by airborne asbestos fibers.

In India, the European Asbestos Removal Association (EARA) issued a 2008 report titled “India’s Asbestos Time Bomb” which warns of India’s future burden of caring for tens of thousands of asbestosis and mesothelioma patients as a result of India’s infatuation with asbestos products. In this asbestos removal report, comparisons are made between the export levels of India and the UK. In just two decades, India’s asbestos imports surpassed the levels that the UK used in their entire industrial history. The UK is now facing record levels of occupational disease, with thousands dying from mesothelioma every year. Despite the UK’s forewarning of the future, India continues to import massive tons of asbestos products annually, and corporations with significant monetary interest encourage unsuspecting consumers to embrace the use of asbestos products.

Even with indiscriminate medical records that deflate the actual deaths due to asbestosis and mesothelioma, the World Health Organization estimates that asbestosis and mesothelioma will be responsible for 90,000 deaths around the world in a single year. As long as asbestos continues to be mined, imported and exported – the numbers will continue to rise over the next century.

Asbestosis and mesothelioma are not diseases that are easily recognized by physicians or the lay citizen. The public must be made aware of the dangers of working with, and living with, asbestos made products. Scientists and manufacturers must race to discover the economic answer to replace asbestos products with a safer alternative. But with or without change, the next decade will surface the consequences of haphazard occupational healthcare as the children of tomorrow care for the asbestos workers of today

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First Signs of Lung Cancer

June 19th, 2009 Tim No comments
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Mike Herman asked:

Lung cancer is a major killer of men and women across the country. Air pollutants, secondhand smoke, cigarette smoking especially, and other causative factors contribute to the disease.

Most of us think that the lung cancer is mostly common among the cigarette smokers and it is true that the vast majority of cases are or were smokers. But there are non-smokers do get lung cancer and smokers who don’t get it.

Signs of lung cancer are often not apparent in the early stages. However it is better to identify lung cancer as possible.

The most common early symptom of lung cancer is haemoptysis (coughing up blood). Consider this early symptom a warning sign of a cancer, which may be curable.

If you find that you are coughing up blood, you should immediately contact your doctor , especially if you are 40 years of age, or older, with a long-term smoking habit.

Some of the primary signs include:

* Hacking, persistent cough * Coughing up blood * Shortness of breath * Wheezing * Chest pain * Lost appetite * Lost weight * Recurring bronchitis or pneumonia

The above symptoms also being the symptoms of many other lung problems, so it is always advisable to see a physician to ascertain the cause

Secondary signs of simple cell lung cancer include:

* Weakness * Difficulty swallowing * Changes in nails * Hoarse or raspy voice * High fever * Swelling of facial features

It’s true that most symptoms of lung cancer do not show themselves until the disease is in its advanced stages.

However, sometimes people exhibit signs early in the disease’s development. It is imperative that the first notice of symptoms or concern sends you straight to the doctor.

The sooner treatment is begun, the better. A cure is possible if caught early enough and, if not, then a better quality of life and more of it.

When lung cancer spreads to other parts of the body, organs and bones, referred to as ‘metastasizing’, signs and symptoms include:

* Aching and sharp bone pain * Changes in the brain that exhibit themselves through weakness, numbness, dizziness, and seizure * Jaundice (whites of eyes, nails, and skin yellow) * Masses near the skin’s surface * Headaches * Numbness and loss of sensation in your extremities

All of these signs and symptoms of lung cancer may be caused by other health problems. The only way to know for sure is to consult a doctor as soon as possible.

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What Do you Know About Lupus Disease?

June 19th, 2009 Tim No comments
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ebet sanders asked:

Lupus generates a wide variety of symptoms and people with the disease from their experience at different intensities. Lupus involves abnormal activity of the immune system. The malfunctioning of the immune system produces antibodies that turn against the body healthy cells and tissues (antinuclear antibodies). Some of the antibodies produced by the immune system dysfunctional can even modify the body of the genetic material (anti-DNA antibodies). The abnormal activity of the immune system can lead to the emergence of various internal disorders (heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease), musculoskeletal disorders (arthritis, osteoporosis), nervous system disorders (disease brain) and diseases of the skin (Lupique rash, erythematous lesions).

Despite the fact that patients with autoimmune disease typically have different symptoms, rash is a sign of lupus. Lupus eruption is characteristic of both systemic and discoid forms of the disease, and it is often the first symptom to appear. Lupus is a chronic disease and its symptoms reappear generated on a regular basis in time. While other symptoms may come and go, lupus rash is very persistent and hard to overcome.

Lupus eruption occurs on the body parts that are exposed to sunlight: scalp, face, neck and shoulders. However, the rash may also occur in other parts of the body (chest, back, hands and feet), in many cases accompanied by skin lesions. When it occurs on the face, lupus has a red rash, as a burn. Sometimes, the rash can affect moisture of the tissues around the mouth and nose. In the systemic form of the disease, lupus rash usually does not involve the skin and scars that can improve with medical treatment. Lupus rash tends to worsen if the skin is exposed to the sun for long periods.

In the form of discoid lupus, the rash occurs in different parts of the body and it affects larger patches of skin. Lupus discoid rash involves hyperpigmentation of the skin, exfoliate and the formation of the crust. The characteristic skin lesions discoid lupus can affect deeper layers of the skin, and they usually heal scars. When it occurs on the scalp, discoid lupus rash may involve temporary or permanent hair loss (alopecia). If the rash is accompanied by an intense level, papules and the crust, the skin can heal with pronounced scars.

Subaiguë rash of lupus generally occurs in the body areas that are exposed to sunlight. The rash increases in the size and shape circular, scaly patches. This type of lupus rash does not scars, but he usually heals with hypo pigmentation of the skin. Subaiguë rash lupus can occur at both systemic and discoid forms of the disease, and it usually fades in periods of remission. Although it can not be fully overcome, this symptom can also be controlled through medical treatment. When you have lupus rash, it is very important to avoid exposing the skin to sunlight. Also, we must avoid exposing irritating to the skin and chemicals, as they can seriously aggravate the rash.

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