Can lung nodules be cured

It is quite distressing for patients with lung nodules. This disease is generally difficult to treat and it is related to the health of other organs in the body. There are many causes of lung nodules, including often overlooked viral colds and lung infections. You should pay more attention to your physical health, have regular physical examinations, exercise more, eat less spicy and irritating foods, etc. So, are lung nodules easy to treat?

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a multi-system and multi-organ granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. It often invades the lungs, bilateral hilar lymph nodes, eyes, skin and other organs. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for a puncture surgery on the nodule to see what it is, do a pathological examination, and pay attention to exercise more often. Don't eat spicy, irritating, or cold food.

Regarding whether lung nodules can be cured, the country currently provides free treatment for tuberculosis, and it can be completely cured, but you must persist in the treatment. In this case, first of all, it may be caused by a cold. Then you can go to the hospital for a chest X-ray and observe whether there is a recurrence of tuberculosis.

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease that affects multiple systems and organs. It often invades the lungs and bilateral hilar lymph nodes. Clinically, more than 90% of cases have lung changes, followed by skin and eye lesions. Almost every organ in the body, including superficial lymph nodes, liver, spleen, kidney, bone marrow, nervous system, heart, etc., may be affected. This disease is a self-limiting disease with a good prognosis and a tendency to spontaneous remission.

Pulmonary nodules (sarcoidosis) is a multi-system and multi-organ granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. It often invades the lungs, bilateral hilar lymph nodes, eyes, skin and other organs. The chest invasion rate is as high as 80% to 90%.

Pulmonary nodules are distributed worldwide, with a higher incidence in European and American countries and rare in Oriental ethnic groups. They are more common in people aged 20 to 40 years old, and slightly more common in women than in men. It has recently attracted widespread attention in China, and more than 560 cases have been reported in China (1987).

Disease treatment

1 Treatment principles

1.1 Since most patients can recover on their own, patients with stable conditions and no symptoms do not need treatment. Patients with obvious symptoms in stages II and III and extrathoracic sarcoidosis, such as ocular sarcoidosis, sarcoidosis invasion of the nervous system, skin and myocardial involvement, persistent increase in blood calcium and urine calcium, and significantly increased SACE levels can be treated with hormones. The commonly used dose of prednisone is 30 to 60 mg per day, taken orally once (or in divided doses). After 4 weeks, the dose is gradually reduced to 15 to 30 mg per day, and the maintenance dose is 5 to 10 mg per day for one year or longer. Long-term use of glucocorticoids should closely monitor the side effects of the hormones. Secondly, chloroquine, methotrexate, azathioprine, etc. can be used as treatment.

1.2 Any drug that can cause increased blood calcium and urine calcium, such as vitamin D, is contraindicated.

Disease Prognosis

Related to the condition of sarcoidosis. For those with acute onset, the prognosis is good after treatment or spontaneous remission; however, the prognosis is poor for those with chronic progressive disease that invades multiple organs, causes functional damage, extensive pulmonary fibrosis or acute infection. The cause of death is often pulmonary heart disease or invasion of the myocardium or brain. It has been reported that during an average 5-year follow-up, 34% of cases recovered completely, 30% improved, 20% remained unchanged, and disease progression and death each accounted for 8%.