Lung cancer ?

My husband has been poorly for a while..he's been having extremely bad coughing fits. Clear mucus (extreme amount) 

It was so bad we rang 999 at 1130pm at night, we even had to get the dfib from the shop

2   came, lots of assessments done, husband refused to go into hospital bit agreed to see the gp

Struggling to breath,  bad cough , horse voice, extreme weight loss, profound sweating at night for many months, chest pain, pain in his back and shoulder. 

He was given antique and steroids and an inhaler 

6 days layer give the same meds again.

He had bloods and an xray. No answers. He still isn't right and tonight he mentions lung cancer.

We don't know how to ask to be seen for this / tested ?

Or would the xray and bloods have picked it up please ?

Thankyou for reading. 

Kind regards 

Xx

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  • Evening ladies and gentlemen. 

    Diagnosis was COPD and emphysema,  with black spots of Bullea on the ct slides. More bloods done, spirometry test and other tests in place. But she said it wasn't cancer. 

    He is only 41, referred to smoking sensation and she said they issue vapes to help stop smoking..I was mortified !!! 

    I thought these were bad for you, a family member died from popcorn lung from these ! 

    So I'm in a state of confusion.  I obviously read up Bullea on Google and got confused again, if anyone could elaborate the meaning, is bullea cancerous?  The episode he had in June was apparently one of the bullea spots making him poorly? Sorry there was so much information to absorb. 

    Thankyou for all your well wishes (I've just finished work , sorry for the late reply) xxx

  • Hello and thank you for your post,

    A bullae is not cancer, it is an area of small air-filled sacs that can appear on the lung, from what I see it can be caused by emphysema.

    I can appreciate your concern about vapes. However, the current understanding is that it is safer than smoking and can be the best way for someone to stop smoking.  Smoking is very harmful as it can cause cancer and chronic lung conditions.  We have information about vaping on our website, it gives information about what we know about it.  

    You might find it also helpful to look at the information about COPD on the NHS website, this also gives information about emphysema. 

    Take care,

    Caroline

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  • Hello and thank you for your post,

    A bullae is not cancer, it is an area of small air-filled sacs that can appear on the lung, from what I see it can be caused by emphysema.

    I can appreciate your concern about vapes. However, the current understanding is that it is safer than smoking and can be the best way for someone to stop smoking.  Smoking is very harmful as it can cause cancer and chronic lung conditions.  We have information about vaping on our website, it gives information about what we know about it.  

    You might find it also helpful to look at the information about COPD on the NHS website, this also gives information about emphysema. 

    Take care,

    Caroline

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