If you are not a smoker nor have you ever been one, or you had not had much exposure to second-hand smoke – you may think you would not be at risk for lung cancer. However, even though it is true that smoking or being constantly exposed to second-hand smoke increases the odds, you can still end up with the disease.
Factors such as genetics as well as how polluted the air is around where you live can influence the likelihood of getting lung cancer. And in that case, here are 9 signs that you may have it and to cause you to get it checked.
✱ 9 – A Cough That Lingers
If you had a bad cold or pneumonia, then you can have a cough that lingers on for weeks. However, if the cough is lingering for more than a month, that is not a good sign. It can be a lingering dry cough and that is also a sign that your lungs could have cancer cells growing.
