What are the side effects of radiotherapy for lung cancer

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Lung cancer is a very common disease, which has a great impact on us. Generally speaking, cough, chest tightness and other symptoms will appear in the early stage, which has a great impact on us. If we want to understand lung cancer, we should start with its symptoms. Today we will see what side effects of radiotherapy for lung cancer have.

What are the side effects of radiotherapy for lung cancer

Reason 1: the distribution of lung cancer is more in the right lung than in the left lung, and more in the upper lobe than in the lower lobe. The lung cancer originated from the main bronchus and lobar bronchus, which is close to the hilum of lung, is called central lung cancer; the lung cancer originated from the lung below the segmental bronchus, which is located around the lung, is called peripheral lung cancer. Often due to vomiting, known as "hematemesis", indicating lung cancer patients with gastric, esophageal lesions or other digestive system organ lesions. Distant metastasis occurs in advanced stage of lung cancer, and gastrointestinal metastasis is a common situation. If it is advanced lung cancer, the digestive tract will appear lesions, so it will cause congestion.

Reason 2: hemoptysis is the second common symptom of lung cancer. It is often caused by the invasion of bronchial mucosa by cancer tissue. The amount of hemoptysis is generally small, often bloody sputum, lasting for weeks, months or intermittent attack. How does lung cancer hemoptysis do? In case of hemoptysis, we should strengthen nursing, measure blood pressure, pulse and respiration regularly, and cough up the blood to avoid staying in the respiratory tract. Generally speaking, if lung cancer develops in the second stage, it is easy to vomit blood.

Cause 3: pharyngeal hemorrhage is usually caused by various pharyngeal diseases or pharyngeal cancer. Pharyngitis pharyngeal mucosa congestion, small blood vessels dilation, vascular wall by inflammation and permeability enhancement, coupled with inflammatory secretions stimulation and severe cough, it is easy to make capillary rupture, pharyngeal secretions stained with blood, or blood in sputum. In addition, the metastasis of lung cancer in pharynx and larynx will also lead to the occurrence of pharynx. Lung cancer if hematemesis, it is very easy to throat part of the disease.

matters needing attention

To the patients with advanced lung cancer, it is generally no longer recommended to use surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy for treatment. We can take some folk prescriptions or TCM conditioning methods for treatment and regulation. In this way, it is very helpful for patients to prolong life and relieve pain. In the late stage, patients with lung cancer may become indifferent and unwilling to speak. Family members must accompany patients and comfort them. When lung cancer is advanced, do not give patients some heavy taste food, must eat more light food.