What should I pay attention to if I have lung nodules

The lungs are an important respiratory organ in the human body. As modern environmental pollution becomes more and more serious and the air becomes dirtier, the number of patients with lung diseases is also increasing. The most common are lung nodules, which are mostly caused by inflammatory infections. At the beginning, they may manifest as fever, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, coughing up phlegm and other symptoms. Once these signs appear, you should seek medical treatment in time to avoid the development of tumors or cancer.

If a shadow is found, further examination such as puncture examination and biopsy is required to confirm the diagnosis. Multiple tests are required to confirm cancer in order to avoid a single misdiagnosis. Patients can also try several hospitals. At the same time, you should pay attention to regulating your body. It is necessary to take some anti-cancer Chinese medicine such as ginsenoside Rh2, which can control tumor deterioration and improve your own disease resistance.

Lesions caused by old inflammation, tuberculosis and other diseases are generally relatively stable. You can check them regularly and don’t need to worry too much. Small nodules in the lungs may be caused by previous infection with viruses or bacteria. The infection foci have been killed by your immune cells, but the immune cells cannot be excreted from the body, so small nodules are formed.

It is difficult to determine the specific nature of small lung nodules. You can first do a tumor marker test. If the test results are normal, you need to continue observation. You can have a check-up every three to six months. As long as there is no change or continued growth, you don't have to worry about it. If it continues to grow, you can do a puncture biopsy and determine the nature through pathological examination, and then decide on the next treatment plan. There is nothing special to pay attention to.

There are many possible causes of isolated pulmonary nodules, including tumors, tuberculosis, inflammation, etc.

Conventional diagnosis and treatment are generally: chest CT shoe and clothing diagnosis

In addition, methods to exclude tumors include tumor markers, isotope tumor imaging, and sputum detection of tumor cells; methods to exclude tuberculosis include tuberculin test, tuberculosis antibodies, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and sputum detection of tuberculosis bacteria; methods to exclude inflammation include regular anti-inflammatory treatment for 1-2 weeks, followed by re-examination.

If you do not want to do other tests at the moment, it is recommended to take licorice tablets or wintergrass tablets to treat dry coughs, and regularly review chest CT scans. If there are significant changes in a short period of time, consider tumors.