A non-smoker was left stunned when what he thought was a persistent cough due to a chest infection turned out to be lung cancer. Initially prescribed antibiotics and having undergone surgery for a ...
Doctors discovered non-smoker Dave Marcus had a major 7.8cm tumour, and was later diagnosed with lung cancer - seven months after he started coughing and was dismissed with a chest infection ...
Dave had seen the adverts about how a persistent cough could be a sign of lung cancer. As someone who had never smoked, however, he presumed it didn’t apply to him, but that assumption almost cost him ...
A non-smoker whose cough was dismissed by doctors as a chest infection was “shocked” to discover he actually had a deadly disease. Dave Marcus, 57, was prescribed antibiotics until a specialist ...
Shortness of breath and a persistent cough Wheezing and chest tightness Fatigue and frequent respiratory infections Increased amounts of mucus, commonly coloured brown. COPD is a term given to a ...