Pre death symptoms of elderly patients with lung cancer

summary

It took about one year for the old man to pass away from the advanced stage of lung cancer. One week before he died, his chest fluctuated greatly when he breathed. Especially at night, his breath was tight and his throat was very phlegm. A few minutes before he died, he went into a coma and his breathing became irregular and weak. Let's learn about the symptoms of the old man with lung cancer before he died

Pre death symptoms of elderly patients with lung cancer

Symptom 1: chest pain, which is a pre death symptom of local advanced lung cancer. The chest is a very complex space. Three quarters of the lung surface is surrounded by the chest wall. It is composed of a thin layer of inner membrane (parietal pleura), fat, muscle, ribs and skin in different proportions. Tumor invasion of any of the above parts can cause pain. Therefore, most of the lung cancer patients with intrathoracic regional dissemination have symptoms of chest pain.

Symptom 2: hoarseness is the most common pre death symptom of advanced lung cancer. The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN), which controls the left vocal function, descends from the neck to the chest, bypasses the great blood vessels of the heart and goes up to the larynx, thus dominating the left side of the vocal organ. Therefore, if the tumor invades the left side of the mediastinum and compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, hoarseness will occur, but there are no other symptoms of sore throat and upper respiratory tract infection.

Symptom 3: facial and neck edema. There is superior vena cava on the right side of mediastinum, which transports venous blood from upper limbs and head and neck back to the heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, the jugular vein will be inflamed at first due to poor reflux, and finally it will lead to edema of the face and neck, which needs timely diagnosis and treatment.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer doesn't mean that if the doctor declares that it can't be treated, it really can't be treated. Because lung cancer itself is incurable in medicine, it is very difficult to cure through the hospital itself, but it can prolong some life. For example, in the process of treatment of lung cancer patients, pay attention to diet and nutrition, exercise, happy mood, cooperate with the doctor to do a regular review and other related matters, prolong the life cycle is a interlocking overall effect.