07-25-2009, 10:21 PM
The type of lung cancer you are talking about occurs in older adults and not in 16 year old boys. Specific cancer types are mostly age specific so your doctor did not take your concerns about lung cancer seriously. That does not mean that something else might not be going on . .such as a viral or bacterial reason.
There are other types of cancers that happen during the teen years , but lung cancer is rarely one of them . . teens get cancers related to the bones, blood, muscles, fat, tendons, or soft tissue in the body . . . older adults get cancers related to their organs such as lung, breast, or colon. That does not mean that as you age you might not become more and more at risk to develop lung cancer if you continue smoking . . but that is long term and not an immediate concern about the coughing you have.
It does sound more like you have a virus or allergy that has triggered your cough . . if it were bacterial than you would have a fever. Waiting a week or two is a good approach.
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