For an 39 AA male who has serious Sarcoidosis in lungs& a history of smoking- can this turn into lung cancer?

Question by Lindsey: For an 39 AA male who has serious Sarcoidosis in lungs& a history of smoking- can this turn into lung cancer? He has dropped almost 50 pounds in 6 months and has had sleep apnea but this has went away. He is very weak and tired all the time. Problems and pain [...]

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Smoking, Use of Moist Snuff and Risk of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases.

CONCLUSION: Smokeless tobacco does not increase the risk of chronic inflammatory diseases, suggesting that inhaled non-nicotinic components of cigarette smoke are more important than nicotine itself in the aetiology of these diseases. PMID: 20203245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest [...]

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For an 39 AA male who has serious Sarcoidosis in lungs& a history of smoking- can this turn into lung cancer?

He has dropped almost 50 pounds in 6 months and has had sleep apnea but this has went away. He is very weak and tired all the time. Problems and pain while sleeping at night. He has been dealing with the lymph nodes and chronic chest pain symptoms. There was a time when he had [...]

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