Meghan Holohan is a digital health reporter for TODAY.com and covers patient-centered stories, women’s health, disability and rare diseases.
After a car accident in 2016, Yovanna Portillo, then 34, visited the emergency room as a precaution. Doctors diagnosed her with whiplash from the collision. But one of the scans she underwent detected a mass on her lungs, and doctors urged her to follow up with her primary care physician. A few months later, she learned the mass was Stage 1 lung cancer.
Those signs include: A persistent cough Coughing up blood Shortness of breathChest pain that intensifies with deep breathing, coughing or laughing Unexplained weight loss Hoarse voice Exhaustion or weakness Wheezing Frequent chest infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia Often symptoms don’t develop until the cancer is advanced, Dahut says. Even if signs exist in young healthy women, they might be dismissed as doctors often do not consider lung cancer as a diagnosis.
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