4. Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is a form of cancer that affects the lungs especially among people that smoke. The common causes of lung cancer include smoking, passive smoking, exposure to toxins, and genetic inheritance. Lung cancer can either be non-small cell lung cancer or small cell lung cancer. Symptoms of lung cancer include coughing up blood, severe chest pain, and drastic weight loss. Lung cancer patients also experience agonizing respiratory infection, fatigue, and loss of appetite. These symptoms only appear when the cancer is at an advanced stage.
The good news is that lung cancer is treatable by medical professionals when detected early. Treatment options start with quitting smoking in case it is the underlying cause of the disease, chemotherapy, surgery, thoracotomy, palliative care among several others. Advanced cases of lung cancer can hardly be contained especially when the tumor has affected a huge chunk of the liver paralyzing its normal functioning.