If you have a cough that last several weeks or coughing up blood, visit your physician to rule out any serious disease.

Check out the symptoms associated to lung cancer which are similar in males and females:

a cough that lasts longer than a few weeks

coughing up blood

wheezing

chest pain

pain when breathing or coughing

shortness of breath

hoarseness

frequent lung infections, such as pneumonia or bronchitis, due to the cancerous cells obstructing the airways

atelectasis, which is the collapse of the lungs after cancer has blocked the airways