The cough didn’t go away for a month, and it turned out to be a tumor!

Many citizens think that coughing in winter is no big deal, but it may be a symptom of other diseases. Ms. Luo, 48, had a cough that did not go away for a month and was diagnosed with a kidney tumor.

Ms. Luo lives near Lizi North Road in Hankou. She has been coughing every day for more than a month. But she still refused to go to the hospital, thinking that her cough would go away after taking some medicine. However, her cough became more and more severe, and she even couldn't sleep well. So she went to the Respiratory Department of Wuhan No. 1 Hospital for treatment.

After examination, Dr. Xiong Anzhou from the department found that Ms. Luo had pleural effusion in her left lung, but no problems were found after the sample was drawn and sent for examination. After further examination, the doctor finally discovered that Ms. Luo had a fist-sized tumor on her left kidney.

Dr. Xiong Anzhou introduced that many tumors are difficult to detect because they have no symptoms. They are only discovered after lung metastasis and respiratory symptoms such as coughing, sputum, wheezing, chest pain, etc. appear, and then go to the hospital for examination.

He reminded that cough is the most common symptom of many diseases such as pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, mitral valve stenosis, laryngeal cancer, etc. In addition, cough is also the most common symptom after lung metastasis of many tumors such as breast cancer, osteosarcoma, gastric cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, etc. Therefore, if citizens have a cough that does not go away for several days, they must go to a comprehensive hospital for examination in time to avoid delaying the disease.