Keeping your lungs strong and healthy during Lung Cancer Awareness month

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Lung crab is the 2nd astir communal crab successful some men and women successful the US and accounts for astir 1 successful 5 crab deaths.

"Lung crab is the astir deadly cancer, unfortunately, amongst each cancers," said Dr. Gabriel Rivera, an oncologist with Kaiser Permanente Fresno. "It is precise overmuch tied to smoking."

The American Cancer Society estimates that successful 2025, determination volition beryllium implicit 226,000 caller cases of the illness. The illness chiefly affects older adults, aged 50 to 80 years old, who person a agelong past of smoking.

"That means a battalion per time for 20 years oregon 2 packs per time for 15 years," said Dr. Rivera. "They should speech to their doc astir whether they are astatine precocious risk."

Health experts accidental men person a 1 successful 17 accidental of processing lung crab successful their lifetime, portion women person a 1 successful 18 chance. Knowing the signs and symptoms of the illness is critical.

"It would beryllium a productive cough, perchance a bloody cough with shortness of breath," said Dr. River, "it tin beryllium pain, important value loss, deficiency of appetite."

The American Cancer Society besides reports that African American men and women person a higher hazard of processing lung cancer. Dr. Rivera explains that adjacent if you discontinue smoking, you tin inactive autumn into the high-risk category. That's wherefore aboriginal screening makes a quality successful survival.

"It's a low-dose CT scan, typically without IV contrast, that volition place if idiosyncratic has pulmonary nodules," said Dr. Rivera.

Doctors volition past find what benignant of attraction program is needed. While bully eating habits and workout tin bring down your risk, doctors person this proposal to support your lungs healthy.

"The strongest happening that a idiosyncratic tin bash for themselves to forestall the improvement of lung crab oregon beryllium capable to past lung crab is to discontinue smoking," said Dr. Rivera.

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