Advanced symptoms of lung cancer

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In the early stage of lung cancer, the symptoms are not obvious, but in the middle and late stage, the symptoms are very obvious. Patients often cough badly, some also spit blood, and there are many complications in the middle and late stage of lung cancer. My uncle is a patient with lung cancer. Let's take a look at the symptoms in the middle and late stage of lung cancer!

Advanced symptoms of lung cancer

Symptom 1: in the middle and late stage of lung cancer, patients will feel obvious discomfort. 5% - 15% of patients with lung cancer have no symptoms. Only in the routine physical examination and chest imaging examination, it is found that the rest of patients generally have more or less lung cancer-related symptoms and signs. The manifestations are closely related to the size, type, development stage, location, complications or metastasis of the tumor Relationship. It can be divided into primary tumor, extrapulmonary intrathoracic expansion, extrathoracic metastasis and extrathoracic manifestations.

Symptom 2: primary tumor usually presents as cough, hemoptysis, shortness of breath or wheezing, fever and weight loss; once it extends to the chest, there will be chest pain, hoarseness, dysphagia, pleural effusion, superior vena cava syndrome and Horner syndrome; when the tumor metastasizes to the chest cavity, it may metastasize to the central nervous system, skeleton, abdomen or nearby lymph nodes, causing the tumor Corresponding systemic symptoms.

Symptom 3: the common symptoms of advanced lung cancer are hoarseness, shortness of breath, pleural effusion and edema of face and neck. For the patients with advanced lung cancer, the possibility of surgical resection is very low. The main clinical treatment methods are radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine. Although the symptoms of patients with advanced lung cancer will be improved after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, in view of the strict adaptability and toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, patients should choose carefully.

matters needing attention

The symptoms of lung cancer will still bring considerable pain to patients, but patients should not give up treatment. In fact, early detection of lung cancer, timely treatment can have good curative effect, but once in the middle and late stage, the possibility of cure will also be reduced. Patients with lung cancer must pay attention to light diet, spicy food must not be eaten.