Health Nugget, December 17 , 2011
LUNG CANCER - Symptoms include persistent cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, wheezing, sputum with blood, hoarseness, fatigue, recurring bronchitis or pneumonia, weight loss, swelling of face or neck.
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This is the most common form of cancer that kills both men and women. The average age at diagnosis is 60. Nearly 200000 die of lung cancer yearly. Because early symptoms are not noticed, most cancers are advanced before they are discovered; so only 12% of cases recover.
Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. But some contract the disease through smoking marijuana and breathing secondary smoke. Also caused by exposure to nickel, asbestos, chromates, arsenic compounds, radon, pesticides, pollutions, or radioactive substances. Other factors include drinking alcohol, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, lung scarring from pneumonia, exposure to talcum powder, deficiency or excess of vitamin A.
Natural Remedies
Contact your physician
*Immediately eliminate tobacco and alcohol from your house and workplace.
*Eat a diet rich in fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes.
*Take vitamins C, E, B complex and beta-carotene, as well as selenium, lutein, lycopene, genistein, and glutathione. Genistein is found in soy beans.
Natural Remedies Encyclopedia, p. 621
Story by: Eld. David Ajayi (Dec 30, 2011) | |
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