What are the symptoms of squamous cell carcinoma of lung cancer

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My uncle's got lung cancer, and from time to time there will be some clinical symptoms. My family all hope that my uncle can recover soon and get back to health. So I also went to the hospital to consult and understand my uncle's disease. Next, I'll talk about the symptoms of lung cancer and squamous cell carcinoma.

What are the symptoms of squamous cell carcinoma of lung cancer

First, fever as the first symptom accounted for 20% - 30%. There are two causes of fever caused by squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. One is inflammatory fever. During the growth of central lung cancer, the opening of the lung segment or bronchus is often blocked first, resulting in the corresponding lobar or segmental obstructive pneumonia or atelectasis, and fever occurs. However, the temperature is about 38 ℃, rarely more than 39 ℃. Antibiotic therapy may be effective, and the shadow may be absorbed. However, due to poor drainage of secretion, it often occurs repeatedly, About 1 / 3 of the patients may have pneumonia at the same site repeatedly in a short time.

Second: cough is the most common symptom, with cough as the first symptom accounting for 35% - 75%. Cough caused by lung squamous cell carcinoma may be related to changes in bronchial mucus secretion, obstructive pneumonia, pleural invasion, atelectasis and other chest complications. For patients with smoking or chronic bronchitis, such as the degree of cough aggravation, frequency conversion, cough nature change, such as high pitched metal tone, especially in the elderly, we should be highly alert to the possibility of cancer.

Third: Sputum with blood or hemoptysis is also a common symptom of lung cancer, as the first symptom of about 30%. Due to the rich blood supply and brittle texture of tumor tissue, blood vessels rupture during severe cough, which may also be caused by local necrosis of tumor or vasculitis. Hemoptysis is characterized by intermittent or persistent, repeated small amount of blood in sputum, or a small amount of hemoptysis. Occasionally, it is difficult to control massive hemoptysis due to rupture of large blood vessels, formation of large cavities or tumor breaking into bronchi and pulmonary vessels.

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Generally speaking, patients with squamous cell carcinoma of lung cancer will have fever and cough in the early stage of illness. If it is serious in the later stage, hemoptysis and chest tightness are very common, so when patients have fever and cough, they should go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.