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Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Lung Cancer
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Signs and Symptoms

In many cases, people decide to visit the doctor only after they have been bothered by certain symptoms over a period of time. Common symptoms of lung cancer include the following:

• Cough
• Shortness of breath
• Wheezing
• Chest pain
• Hemoptysis (bloody, coughed-up sputum)
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)

Other symptoms that are associated with lung cancer include the following:

• Weakness
• Chills
• Swallowing difficulties
• Speech difficulties or changes (e.g., hoarseness)
• Finger/nail abnormalities (e.g., "clubbing," or overgrowth of the fingertip tissue)
• Skin paleness or bluish discoloration
• Muscle contractions or atrophy (shrinkage)
• Joint pain or swelling
• Facial swelling or paralysis
• Eyelid drooping
• Bone pain/tenderness
• Breast development in men

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