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Lung cancer at 18 year olds? for the past two years i had a sore back/shoulder (mild), shallow breathing, a weaker voice + diagnosed with asthma

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Lung cancer: Lung cancer at 18 years old is highly unlikely, especially without smoking tobacco.

Answered 4/22/2014

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Dr. Margret Rose Dellosso answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

Stop smoking: That is quite a jump from asthma to cancer. Our brain thinks the worse but actually asthma can contribute to all of the reported symptoms. Treat the asthma symptoms under doctors care, find a way to stop smoking even with therapy, there are many ways. Also ask for x-ray if worry persists, lung changes would be evident. Blood work as well. Take care!

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