Pleural effusion after lung cancer surgery

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A friend's father some time ago after lung cancer surgery, now has been discharged from hospital for two weeks, go to the hospital to check that there is pleural effusion, is this serious? Do you still need to be hospitalized? Now let's introduce how to do pleural effusion after lung cancer surgery.

Pleural effusion after lung cancer surgery

Pleural effusion after lung cancer surgery may be caused by pleural metastasis of lung cancer, When the tumor involves the pleura, it will produce a lot of pleural effusion. Generally, if the patient's physique is poor, it is easy to cause complications and postoperative infection. At this time, it can assist the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine such as ginsenoside Rh2 can speed up the postoperative rehabilitation, improve immunity, enhance physique, relieve symptoms and prevent recurrence and metastasis

Second, the amount of ascites is large, we can use pumping treatment, and supplement electrolyte and nutrient solution through intravenous infusion. At the same time, we can find out the cause of ascites. If there are cancer cells in ascites, we suggest that the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and chemotherapy should be used for comprehensive treatment

Third, it is suggested that you inject anticancer drugs into your chest to control pleural effusion, eat less and eat more meals, keep warm and avoid getting cold and aggravating the disease

matters needing attention

Lung cancer surgery to pay attention to rest, eat easy to digest food, avoid eating greasy food, but also more rest, and to regularly go to the hospital to review the chest X-ray to observe the development of lesions, if there is pain, you can take analgesic drugs to relieve pain, in order to reduce pain.