Nursing diagnosis and measures for lung cancer

The main treatment for lung cancer patients feeling pain is to take painkillers on time. Commonly used drugs include pethidine, morphine, aspirin, etc. The current drugs have a good effect in relieving pain, but they are addictive and harmful to the body. Patients are also advised to pay attention to their diet, develop good living habits, and avoid eating irritating foods. Lung cancer is a malignant tumor of the respiratory system. The care of lung cancer is mainly to observe the patient's breathing and whether there is chest pain, chest tightness, back pain, etc. The second is to pay attention to nutritional imbalance, and the third is to pay attention to the pain of the patient's wound after surgery and the pain caused by the indwelling chest drainage tube.

What does the irritating dry cough from lung cancer feel like?

Cough is an early symptom of lung cancer. Patients often have paroxysmal coughs and feel a sense of oppression. An irritating dry cough may be the first symptom. There is no sputum or a little mucous sputum, and it may contain blood. However, irritating coughs may also be caused by the throat or trachea being stimulated by special odors. In this case, it does not mean that the patient has lung cancer. The typical manifestation of early lung cancer is paroxysmal irritating dry cough, which is a protective reflex cough. The cough is more severe, and some patients may have blood in their sputum. The irritating dry cough of lung cancer is a typical clinical manifestation of lung cancer, which is different from the cough caused by pneumonia.

What medicine is good for lung cancer cough?

If the cough is caused by concurrent infection and accompanied by a large amount of sputum, it is not suitable to take central antitussive drugs at this time. Patients can take some antitussive and expectorant drugs orally, such as codeine platycodon tablets, dextromethorphan tablets, ambroxol hydrochloride tablets, cysteine ​​effervescent tablets, etc., which are conducive to promoting the discharge of sputum; lung cancer is a malignant tumor originating from the trachea, bronchial mucosa or glands. During the treatment period, patients must avoid smoking and drinking, spicy and irritating foods, and do not eat too greasy and cold foods. Fresh vegetables and fruits can be boiled with rock sugar and snow pear water to drink, which has a good effect on coughs.