What are the main symptoms of lung cancer in the late stage?

What are the obvious manifestations of advanced lung cancer symptoms? Lung cancer is a common systemic disease that has a serious impact on the patient's health, especially when it develops to the late stage, so patients must understand the manifestations of advanced lung cancer symptoms. Let's ask experts to give us a detailed introduction to the manifestations of advanced lung cancer symptoms .

Lung cancer advanced symptoms:

1. Shortness of breath, pleural effusion: Almost all patients with advanced lung cancer that has spread regionally have shortness of breath to varying degrees. Normal tissue fluid produced by the lungs and myocardium is returned by the lymph nodes in the middle of the chest. If these lymph nodes are blocked by tumors, this tissue fluid will accumulate in the pericardium to form pericardial effusion or accumulate in the chest cavity to form pleural effusion. Both of the above situations can cause shortness of breath.

2. Hoarseness: It is the most common symptom in patients with advanced lung cancer. The recurrent laryngeal nerve that controls the left side of the vocal function goes down from the neck to the chest, bypasses the large blood vessels of the heart and goes back up to the larynx, thus controlling the left side of the vocal organ. Therefore, if the tumor invades the left side of the mediastinum and compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, hoarseness will occur, but there will be no sore throat or other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection.

3. Facial and neck edema: There is a 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, it will initially cause the jugular vein to swell due to poor blood return, and eventually lead to facial and neck edema, which needs to be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner.

The above are the symptoms of advanced lung cancer. I hope it will be helpful to you. If you have any questions about the symptoms of advanced lung cancer, please consult our online experts.

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