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My mom is a smoker.whenever she gets up in a few last months, she caughs.no other sympth.is there anything we should be worried about?
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Yes: Yes. Everyone who know a smoker should worry. Smokers are at very high risk for cancer, emphysema, heart disease, vascular disease, stroke, high blood pressure and other diseases. Morning cough is often the 1st sign that the lungs are beginning to suffer.
Answered 9/28/2016
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