Lung Cancer
By Jade Green
What is Lung Cancer ?
Lung Cancer is an uncontrollable growth in abnormal cells. The tumors start to form and swell up. This makes a human with Lung Cancer harder to breathe.
What causes Lung Cancer ?
Smoking is the leading cause of Lung Cancer. About 23,000 men die each year of Lung Cancer. 18,000 woman die each year from this cancer also.
Signs
Coughing ( getting worse)
Chest Pain
Deep Breathing
Scratchy Voice
Loss of Appetite, etc .
Picture
This picture shows how many deaths from 1900 through 1920 and how much it has increased in 20 years.
Diagnosis (how do you find out)
- Swollen Lymph Nodes
- Weak Breathing
- Rounding of the finger nails
- Weird sounds in lungs
- CAT Scans
Treatments
The treatments for Lung Cancer are Chemotherapy, Radio Therapy, Surgery or a combination of all 3 of these treatments.
System Information
The body system Lung Cancer has impacted is the Respiratory System. Lung Cancer affects the system by:
- Swelling of the Throat
- Tumors start to form
- Damage to your Lung tissue
- Tumors block your air passages.
Cancer Facts : How Does Lung Cancer Develop?
Connections
I have a few family members who smoke and my grandmother is the worst one. She has a very bad cough and it seems like it is getting worse ,so I try to help her out by throwing out her cigarettes. :)
Conclusion
I think laws should change for smoking age because more teens around the world smoke, and they can get Lung Cancer at an early age.