my  husband has been coughing up blood for a year and also smokes 2 packs a day for over 40 years, a xray he took of his chest shows a spot on his lung and nodules on his left lung, he also has unexplained back pain for ovr a year, he is 58 and will not follow up with other treatments, we saw 2 er doctors, and his regular doctor, his back pain is not getting better, and ziz think he is in more pain than he lets on, am afraid for my  husband, I am 49, and we have 2 children, please help,
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Your husband is had hemoptysis (blood in sputum), spot and nodule in lungs and chronic pain backache. He is a heavy smoker. So possibility of lung cancer is more likely. Lung cancer is known to spread in vertebra and cause chronic backache. So taken him to pulmonologist and get done CT thorax and MRI brain to diagnose lung cancer and bone (vertebra) metastases. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your husband. Thanks.