Lung cancer symptoms?
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My grandfather likes smoking very much. He began to smoke when he was young. Recently, my grandfather has been feeling uncomfortable. He always feels chest tightness, coughing and panting. He went to the hospital for examination. The doctor said that the old man has lung cancer. At present, lung cancer affects more patients' friends and will affect their lives. Therefore, it brings pain to the patients, Friends need to seriously understand the knowledge of lung cancer, remind friends to be alert to the symptoms of lung cancer can, the following is to introduce the symptoms of lung cancer?
Lung cancer symptoms?
1. Mass, formed by malignant proliferation of cancer cells, can be touched by hand on the body surface or deep. Cancer of the thyroid gland, parotid gland or breast can be touched in the shallower part of the skin. Metastasis of tumor to lymph nodes can lead to lymph node enlargement. Some superficial lymph nodes, such as cervical lymph nodes and axillary lymph nodes, are easy to touch.
2. Pain, which symptoms indicate lung cancer? Pain often indicates that cancer has entered the middle and advanced stage. At first, it was dull or dull pain, and obvious at night. Ulcers are caused by tissue necrosis due to the rapid growth of cancer tissue and insufficient nutrition supply. Bleeding, invasion of blood vessels by cancer tissue or rupture of small blood vessels in cancer tissue.
3. Edema of the face and neck is one of the common symptoms of advanced lung cancer. There is superior vena cava on the right side of the mediastinum, which transports venous blood from the upper limbs and head and neck back to the heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, the jugular vein may be inflamed at first due to poor reflux, and finally cause edema of the face and neck, which requires timely diagnosis and treatment.
matters needing attention
Patients must go to large hospitals for regular treatment, do a comprehensive examination, patients must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, usually in life must drink more water, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, usually in life must believe in themselves, do not have psychological burden, usually try not to eat spicy food.