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If there is no symptoms of lung cancer should i be worried just because hard to take breath i do have ankylosis spondylitis. ?
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Did you use tobacco?: If you did not smoke, you need not worry. The ankylosis of spinal joints may be interfering with breathing.
Answered 9/22/2016
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