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Stage IV Lung Cancer Has No Cure

How long have you been coughing, experiencing headache, feeling the pain in your bones? Does these happen to you for sometime now? Well, you better be careful because you might already have a stage iv lung cancer.

This disease has already killed millions of lives of men and women from all over the world. The number one cause of this disease, smoking. Although not all of the victims did smoke, other factors include being exposed to carcinogens or pollutants. However, smoking plus exposure to cancerous chemicals can increase the risk of having lung cancer.

If you are wondering how this disease could take away your life, it is just easy. Lung cancer is preventable. Yes it is, the only cancer that can be prevented among other kinds of cancer. On the other hand, once it has reach stage iv lung cancer it is incurable. Just like breast and prostate cancer, the final stage of lung cancer has no cure.

Knowing that your illness can no longer be cured is the saddest part. However, it is up to you if you will fight against it or let it take over your life. True that you will only have a few months or years left to live if your disease is already on the final stage.
Thanks to technology, machines and equipments have been made to assist doctors. There are available treatments that can help to let you live longer. Not to mention that the survival rate for stage iv lung cancer is very low, a patient needs to undergo therapies or other alternative treatments to prolong his or her survival rate.

A patient must not depend with the treatments only. Know how to discipline yourself. Start by quitting cigarette or tobacco smoking, avoid exposure to radon gas, asbestos fiber and other chemicals that can cause cancer.

Live a healthy lifestyle. Eat foods that are rich in nutrients and vitamin c. Apples for example are high in flavonoids and antioxidants. Exercise lightly and make sure to avoid caffeine and other stimulants. For it can only increase the risk of lung cancer.

Remember, treatments for stage iv lung cancer will not cure the disease but rather helps to relieve the pain and symptoms only. Other factors for you to live longer is up to you. Avoiding cigarette or tobacco smoking and switching to a healthy and fruitful lifestyle is an essential part of prevention. Live positively and make the most of your life before the killer disease can take away your life from you.
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