What are the symptoms of lung metastasis from rectal cancer

There are many cancer patients around us every day. We may inadvertently hear news that people we are familiar with have died of different cancers. Therefore, the harm of cancer is also known to all of us. Most people are also afraid of cancer, but they don’t know much about the symptoms of cancer. So what are the symptoms of lung metastasis of rectal cancer? Regarding this issue, let’s take a closer look below.

As everyone knows, rectal cancer is a general term for cancers that occur in the patient's rectum. The harm of rectal cancer to patients is self-evident. Like other cancers, it will also metastasize to other physiological parts. Lung metastasis is only one type of rectal cancer metastasis and one of the more common metastatic cancers. Generally, when lung metastasis occurs, the patient's condition is very serious, and the patient's quality of life will be seriously affected. The patient's survival time is generally not very long. At this time, in addition to active treatment, improving the patient's quality of life is the main goal of this period.

When rectal cancer metastasizes to the lungs, lung metastasis will occur. The patient's symptoms are closely related to the site of metastasis to the lungs, the size of the cancer, the type of cancer, and the stage of cancer development. The patient's main symptoms are cough, which is also one of the most important symptoms. At the same time, the patient will have hemoptysis, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Some patients have fever and are extremely thin. At the same time, the patient will have chest pain, difficulty breathing, inability to swallow food normally, hoarseness, or even inability to speak.

From the above introduction, we should be clear that when rectal cancer metastasizes to the lungs, the patient is already in the late stage of life. This requires our family members to care about the patient as much as possible in terms of life and psychology, and strive to improve the patient's quality of life during his survival, so that patients with rectal cancer metastasized to the lungs will suffer less pain in their last days and leave us peacefully.