18/11/2024
"Breathing easy is a privilege not everyone has. Let's work towards better lung health for everyone, everywhere."
These are some risk factors for Lung Cancer:
1. Smoking: Smoking to***co is the most important risk factor for the development of lung cancer, especially in Indians. When compared to females, men have a greater impact.
2. Second-hand smoke: The risk of acquiring lung cancer is increased not only by smoking oneself but also by being exposed to the smoke of others' ci******es or other to***co products being burned or breathed.
3. Family history: Family history may increase a personтАЩs risk of developing lung cancer. People with a family history of lung cancer are up to twice as likely to have the disease when compared to someone without a family history of lung cancer.
4. Occupational exposure: Mesothelioma is a cancer that is directly linked to asbestos exposure. This exposure is also possible for those who have worked in the construction, shipbuilding industries, mining, and similar occupations. In addition to this, other poisons substances including arsenic, nickel, and chromium, as well as tar and soot, can raise the chance of getting lung cancer.
5. Environmental exposure: The major environmental exposure is radon, which is a naturally occurring gas that forms in rocks, soil, and water. In people who have never smoked, about 30 percent of deaths caused by lung cancer have been linked to being exposed to radon.
6. Vitamin supplements: Evidence from studies shows that those who smoke one or more packs of ci******es per day have an increased risk of developing lung cancer if they take beta-carotene supplements. Cigarette smokers who also consume alcohol are at an even greater danger.
7. Radiation therapy to the chest: Those who have had chest radiation therapy as a part of cancer treatment and survived are at a greater risk of developing lung cancer.
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