What are the early symptoms of lung cancer?

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Lung cancer is the most common and high-risk malignant tumor. Once found, patients are often in advanced stage, and the survival rate is particularly low. At the same time, lung cancer is the most early prevention and intervention among many cancers, So as soon as possible to let themselves know more about the early symptoms of lung cancer is particularly critical, only in this way can we find the disease in time, choose the method suitable for their own treatment. Now let me talk about it

What are the early symptoms of lung cancer?

Cough is the most common symptom in the early stage of lung cancer. Among them, hemoptysis is the most significant in diagnosis, most of which are bloodshot in sputum. If respiratory symptoms are not cured after more than two weeks of treatment, especially in elderly patients with hemoptysis or chronic bronchitis, we must be highly alert to the possibility of lung cancer.

Swelling and pain of bone and joint, sudden and continuous swelling of the ends of fingers and toes should be alert. In the early stage of lung cancer, bone and joint swelling usually presents pain, hypertrophy, clubbing fingers, multiple neuritis and myasthenia gravis. In severe cases, it may affect the activity of limb joints.

Hoarseness, some patients due to lymph node metastasis compression, or invasion of recurrent laryngeal nerve, there will be hoarseness, laryngoscope mediastinal examination of the affected vocal cord paralysis. In addition, localized wheezing is also common, which is basically unilateral localized wheezing and does not disappear after coughing.

matters needing attention

Although there are many symptoms of early lung cancer, but these symptoms are easily confused with cold and bronchitis and other diseases, it is difficult to attract the attention of patients, such as the symptoms of unknown causes, and persistent attacks, should be timely treatment, through X-ray chest film and chest CT and other means of examination, early detection and early treatment, the survival rate of patients can be maximized.