When someone has been living for over 2 years with lung cancer, what does it mean when the patient starts coughing up blood? The doctor says there's nothing they can do. Tapestry6, I didn't ask about the symptoms of lung cancer. That's all you gave. Just so you know, it's not me that has cancer, but someone close to me. It is quite advanced, but somehow she keeps going on. Incredibly strong, and doesn't seem to want to give up. She sometimes improves enough to be able to go for a short walk outside, but this isn't often.
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The person already has lung cancer, it would seem it is just another stage of the disease............I would check out webmd.com...........to see if I could find out anything further, or simply speak to the Dr. in private about the situation........
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Coughing blood means that lung cancer was becoming worst and worst.
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Symptoms of lung cancer may include: A new cough or a cough that does not go away. Smokers who have a chronic cough from smoking may have a change in how severe their cough is or how much they cough. Chest, shoulder, or back pain that does not go away and often gets worse with deep breathing. New wheezing. Shortness of breath. Hoarseness. Coughing up blood or bloody mucus. Swelling in the neck and face. Difficulty swallowing. Weight loss and loss of appetite. Increasing fatigue and weakness. Recurring respiratory infections, such as pneumonia. Clubbing of the fingers and toes. The nails appear to bulge out more than normal. Lung cancer may spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. The most common sites are the bones, the brain, the liver, the other lung, the lining of the heart (pericardium), and the adrenal glands. When lung cancer spreads, other symptoms may also occur. Symptoms of cancer that has spread to the brain may include: Seizures. Headaches. Change in alertness. Vision changes. Nausea or vomiting.
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Maybe that the lungs are deteriorating - often the blood is blood vessels rupturing with the strain of coughing xxx
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unfortunately part of the illness. it may be from the ruffness of the throat and lung. remember the cancer eats the lungs away causing difficulty in catching your breath, and always feels like something in there.(tumors?)
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In my case (Metastatic Kidney cancer that mestastisized to the lung) hemoptasis (sp: coughing up blood from the lungs) meant the cancer was growing near one of the bronchi and that one or more the inferior blood vessels the cancer creates for itself has failed and is bleeding into the bronchi. This can be remedied, at least temporarily, by an embolization of the bleeding vessels, or a bronchoscopy where they will use a laser to cauterize the bleeding vessels. Not an MD, just a patient.
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What stage is the cancer? You need to get some b17 injections, it will help with everything, give a better appetite, shield from any pain and prolong life, even cure it. My mother in law has stage 3b (inoperable) lung cancer and has been doing radiation and chemo, but also we have been giving her b17 injections, she is doing great. Her hemoglobin's have gone up and her tumor in her lung is shrinking as is the one in her neck, that one is almost gone! I believe so much in this as I am seeing it firsthand, go to this site: apricotpower.com order the injections, you will be amazed at how well this works. Also go to youtube.com and search a world without cancer, it will give you faith that you can be cured and you will hear countless testimonials of people who have been cured. I wish you all the best my heart and prayers go out to you.
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