Is stent useful for advanced lung cancer

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Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the year, and has been undergoing rehabilitation treatment. But recently, Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law feels that she has difficulty breathing and can't breathe. Mrs. Wang heard from her friends that she could consider making a tracheal stent for the old lady, but Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law is afraid that she will spend money and suffer a crime, and it won't work. So today, let's talk about how to make a stent for advanced lung cancer Do you use it.

Is stent useful for advanced lung cancer

First: dyspnea is one of the common symptoms of many lung cancer patients. In clinical practice, some hospitals will place tracheal stents for patients to maintain airway patency and help patients relieve the symptoms of dyspnea. It should be pointed out that the operation needs to be assisted by bronchoscope under general anesthesia. When breathing by a person, air passes through the bronchus into and out of the lungs. The bronchi are like branches. The bronchi are divided into bronchioles by the big bronchi. At the end of the smallest branch is the air sac, where the oxygen in the air is absorbed by the human body for survival, and the carbon dioxide is discharged from the body at the same time.

Second, endotracheal stent can provide opportunities for further treatment and improve the quality of life of patients. Its most important role is reflected in the following two aspects: quickly relieve dyspnea, improve clinical symptoms. Endotracheal stent can block the esophago tracheal fistula and prevent the tumor from growing into the lumen.

Third: what conditions need bronchial stents? Tracheal and bronchial stenosis caused by inflammatory granuloma, scar, tuberculosis, trauma, tracheomalacia, amyloidosis, tumor and other diseases can cause obstructive pneumonia, atelectasis and dyspnea. Patients have dyspnea, wheezing, choking and other symptoms. In severe cases, respiratory failure can occur and endanger life. Tracheal stent implantation is one of the important methods for the treatment of airway stenosis, which can quickly relieve dyspnea and improve clinical symptoms.

matters needing attention

Experts suggest that if the patients with advanced lung cancer are older, the possibility of cure is not big, so there is no need to install stents, because the process of making stents is still quite painful, but we should listen to the opinions of doctors in regular hospitals and carefully consider. Patients should maintain a relatively calm state of mind, not nervous anxiety, otherwise it will only affect the condition.