Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK – around 49,000 people are diagnosed each year.

While many of us know that symptoms of the disease can include a cough that doesn’t go away and unexplained weight loss, there’s also a less obvious sign that might show up on your hands which could flag underlying disease.

Changes in the appearance of your fingers, where they become more curved or their ends become larger – a phenomenon known as finger clubbing – could flag lung cancer, according to the NHS.

Signs of finger clubbing

It’s worth noting that if you experience finger clubbing, it doesn’t mean you have lung cancer. It can run in families and some people with thyroid problems, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease can experience it.

However Mount Sinai health care suggests lung cancer is the most common cause of this bodily change.........

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