Is lung cancer contagious? Three things lung cancer patients must know

Lung cancer is not contagious, and general cancers are not contagious. As long as the patient actively seeks treatment and controls his or her condition, there is no need to worry about infecting his or her family. You must maintain a comfortable mentality, and your diet should be reasonably and balanced. Do not eat irritating and non-nutritious foods.

The most obvious symptoms of lung cancer are coughing, sputum, and blood. Patients with advanced lung cancer feel pain, which will also affect their physical health. So, is lung cancer contagious?

1. Lung cancer is not contagious. Cancer cells cannot be transmitted from one person to another like bacteria and viruses. To oneself, other people's cancer cells are a foreign body. The body can kill other people's cancer cells through its strong immune rejection ability. Therefore, other people's cancer cells cannot be transmitted to one's own body. In some families, multiple people have lung cancer or other tumors one after another. This may be related to family genetic genes and the fact that they may be in the same carcinogenic environment, such as smoking, exposure to radioactive substances, etc., so family members can develop malignant tumors one after another.

2. The patient's family members do not need to worry too much and should not despise lung cancer patients. They should take good care of the patients. As long as lung cancer patients receive good treatment, their condition can be effectively controlled, and the symptoms will be greatly improved. Patients are also required to eat light and easily digestible foods, not greasy foods, and should not smoke or drink. They should also not eat spicy foods, such as boiled fish, malatang, etc. Anything with irritating condiments should not be eaten.

3. The occurrence of lung cancer is mostly related to smoking. Some non-smokers have a very low chance of suffering from this disease, but people who smoke a small amount of smoke are 10 times more likely to develop bronchial cancer than non-smokers. Heavy smokers are 25 times more likely to develop the disease than non-smokers. Therefore, people should reduce smoking or not smoke at all, especially avoid exposure to secondhand smoke. Having a healthy lifestyle will be good for the body.

Finally, patients with lung cancer will have better effects and improved results after surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. They also need to receive treatment as soon as possible, maintain a good attitude, and be optimistic to facilitate physical recovery.