Why do lung cancer patients have diarrhea

Why do lung cancer patients have diarrhea?

Diarrhea generally refers to diarrhea. Diarrhea in patients with lung cancer may be caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, acute gastroenteritis, carcinoid syndrome and other factors.

1. Gastrointestinal dysfunction:

Lung cancer patients may have gastrointestinal metastasis, which affects the corresponding digestion and absorption function, or metastasis to other abdominal organs, which compresses the gastrointestinal tract, thereby affecting gastrointestinal motility and leading to symptoms such as diarrhea. In this case, patients need to take drugs such as domperidone tablets, aluminum carbonate magnesium tablets, and bismuth potassium citrate granules.

2. Acute gastroenteritis:

If lung cancer patients eat unclean food during treatment, it may also cause symptoms such as diarrhea. In this case, patients need to take atropine sulfate tablets, sodium bicarbonate tablets, levofloxacin hydrochloride tablets and other drugs for treatment.

3. Carcinoid syndrome:

If the patient develops carcinoid syndrome, the secretion of prostaglandins and serotonin may increase, leading to secretory diarrhea, which can cause symptoms such as diarrhea in lung cancer patients. In this case, the patient needs to take drugs such as chlorpromazine hydrochloride tablets, cimetidine tablets, and prednisone acetate tablets.

Diarrhea in lung cancer patients also means low immunity. Lung cancer patients with diarrhea and other symptoms need to go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.