Lung cancer can cause facial drooping.
- Lung cancer is a disease of the cells of the bronchi or, more rarely, of the cells that line the lung’s alveoli.
- With 52,777 new cases diagnosed in 2023 (33,438 in men and 19,339 in women), lung cancer is a common disease in France.
- Facial drooping may be a symptom of lung cancer.
A doctor described in the journal Parade a little-known symptom of lung cancer.
Lung Cancer: Why Does It Cause Facial Sagging?
Facial drooping (often associated with lack of sweating on one side of the face) can indeed be a sign of lung cancer. “This manifestation may reflect a lesion or mass in the upper part of the lung,” explains Dr. Jimmy Johannes.
Our specialist explains this phenomenon by the fact that certain nerves supplying the face and eyes come from the spinal cord. “A tumor in the upper part of the lung can affect these nerves, causing neurological symptoms,” he says.
Is facial drooping always a sign of lung cancer? No, but it should prompt a trip to the emergency room as soon as possible. “Other injuries that can affect the same set of nerves can cause the same symptoms we have just mentioned, such as stroke, trauma to the base of the skull or the spine in the neck, aneurysm and dissection of the thoracic aorta/carotid artery,” explains Dr. Jimmy Johannes.
Lung cancer: what are the other symptoms?
Facial drooping isn’t the only warning sign of lung cancer. “This pathology can also manifest itself with a cough, bloody sputum, weight loss, chest wall pain and shortness of breath,” explains Dr. Jimmy Johannes. “But often lung cancer doesn’t cause any symptoms until it’s at an advanced stage,” he laments.
With 52,777 new cases diagnosed in 2023 (33,438 in men and 19,339 in women), lung cancer is a common disease in France.
“Unfortunately, 60% of individuals are still diagnosed at the metastatic stage, which is generally considered incurable. Lung cancer screening helps increase the proportion of patients treated early and therefore eligible for curative treatments, which increases the chances of recovery and survival,” explained recently The Collective “Together we lungs”.
What causes breast cancer? lung ?
Lung cancer, also called “bronchial cancer or bronchopulmonary cancer”, is a disease of the cells of the bronchi or, more rarely, of the cells that line the pulmonary alveoli. “It develops from an initially normal cell which transforms and multiplies in an anarchic way until it forms a mass called a malignant tumor” noted National Cancer Institute.
Smoking causes 85% of lung cancer cases.
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