Can barium meal be used to detect early lung cancer?

Can a barium meal be used to detect early lung cancer?

Generally speaking, barium meal examination is a means of evaluating gastrointestinal diseases, and its ability to diagnose lung diseases is limited. Therefore, if you want to do early screening for lung cancer, you must first perform a chest CT scan to evaluate whether there are nodules, masses, etc. in the lungs. Because CT is a tomography scan, it can detect smaller lesions. Barium meal can detect gastric cancer, but all physical tests can be used for diagnosis.

Early symptoms of chest pain in lung cancer

There may be blood in the sputum, cough or coughing, and there may also be chest pain and low fever. The early symptoms of lung cancer are not obvious, and it is easy to ignore the disease and it will deteriorate rapidly. We must go to the hospital for examination and cooperate with treatment in time.

We should avoid smoking and drinking and eat more light food. Lung cancer is a serious malignant tumor. Generally speaking, there are no obvious symptoms in the early stage of lung cancer. As the tumor grows and develops, the symptoms of early lung cancer will appear.

Patients may present with chest pain, stabbing pain or pressure, pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, cough, and sputum. When the intercostal nerves are invaded, it will cause pain and pain in the nerve distribution area.