With a disease as serious as lung cancer, you would expect symptoms to match the severity. You would expect a clear or obvious warning light – gasping for breath, a violent and unshakable cough, intense chest pains.
Because how could something so acute not send out an adequate alert?
However, the reality is early symptoms of lung cancer are often subtle and easy to dismiss as something else. A bit of breathlessness is because you’re a bit out of shape. Lack of energy can be down to anything from poor diet to low mood. And a persistent cough? Well, we all know what springs to mind now when we hear a cough.
In our latest awareness campaign, we aim to help people, including GPs, spot potential lung cancer symptoms early and encourage them to take the necessary steps to be diagnosed as soon as possible.
Spot the symptoms
It is so important to be able to recognise the many different symptoms of lung cancer. From more obvious symptoms such as a persistent cough to breathlessness to vaguer symptoms like weight loss and fatigue as well as the more obscure symptoms such as back or shoulder pain.
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