Symptoms of advanced lung cancer

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For lung cancer, we need to do a good job in the usual time to understand the relevant work, so that when we encounter this disease, we can understand the symptoms of advanced lung cancer, so that we can save a lot of trouble in the examination and treatment. So what are the symptoms of lung cancer? Experts introduce you.

Symptoms of advanced lung cancer

Because cancer cells need to absorb a lot of nutrients, the normal cells of the human body will not absorb enough nutrients. In this way, patients will have poor appetite and weight loss. Some lung cancer patients are as thin as a wood. With the progress of the disease, the respiratory function of lung cancer patients will also be damaged. Coupled with poor appetite, reduced food intake, patients' weight loss, weakness and other symptoms, the patients' physique will become worse and worse, and their ability to resist cancer will become weaker and weaker.

When breathing, absorb the air into the throat, like a blade, whistling the human respiratory organs. And cause severe pain in the lungs. This is the manifestation of lung cancer in its advanced stage. Nausea and vomiting can also appear with the growth of tumor. Combined with dyspnea, lung pain, and chest pain, lung cancer patients will suffer a lot of physical pain.

Edema of face and neck: there is superior vena cava on the right side of mediastinum, which transports venous blood from upper limbs and head and neck back to heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, it will make the jugular vein distended at first due to poor reflux, and finally lead to edema of the face and neck, which is a common symptom of advanced lung cancer.

matters needing attention

(1) nursing patients with advanced lung cancer should first pay attention to keeping the indoor environment comfortable and the bed clean and tidy, especially for patients with advanced lung cancer who can't take care of themselves, they must turn over regularly, scrub with warm water, and massage the pressure parts frequently to prevent the occurrence of bedsore. (2) reasonable diet is also an important part of nursing care for patients with advanced lung cancer. Patients with advanced lung cancer have large consumption and weak constitution, so special attention should be paid to timely supplement nutrition. Diet should be rich and varied, light and high nutrition as the principle, patients can be instructed to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, avoid spicy and stimulating food, while ensuring the supply of nutrition to enhance the immune disease resistance of patients. (3) pay attention to the mental and psychological nursing of the patients with advanced lung cancer, communicate with the patients at any time, listen to the patients patiently, and make the patients feel the warmth of their relatives. Give patients more spiritual and psychological comfort, eliminate their fear of death, how to care after lung cancer surgery, establish the self-confidence of patients with advanced lung cancer to overcome the disease. We should constantly encourage patients to actively participate in some social activities within our ability.